| Description: | Antibiotics alone do not heal a pilonidal sinus. Doctors have a number of procedures available, including the following treatments: The preferred technique for a first pilonidal sinus is incision and drainage of the sinus, removing the hair follicles, and packing the cavity with gauze. Marsupialisation - This procedure involves incision and draining, removal of pus and hair, and sewing of the edges of the fibrous tract to the wound edges.
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