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Incision and drainage of pilonidal cyst
Opening the top layer of infected pilonidal cyst and draning the contained pus from the cavity of the cyst.
Dr. Zahid Chohan reviewed this
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: incision and drainage of pilonidal cyst?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Had bascom off midline pit picking with closed incision 4 pilonidal cyst Day 7 post op, a lot of fluid/blood + crusty blood on wound. Normal? Thanks!
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A 47-year old asked:
How does pilonidal cyst drainage and surgery work?
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A 61-year old female asked:
What is a Pilonidal cyst? Can it just flare up from time to time for 20 years without getting worse? No drainage ever, just feels like thickened skin in the area, and soreness, Is there anything that can be done at home to help it?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I've had issues with pilonidal cyst, sinus. Lately, though, haven't had pain and there's been little to no drainage from what I can tell; just two small dimples. Itches some. Should I see a doc? Or just keep it clean, shaven, and not worry too much?
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A 35-year old male asked:
I have pilonidal cysts on tailbone (they recurred), and I've had a lot of drainage, which is fine. But it's caused an open wound just above the anus that bleeds sometimes when I pass stool. How to best close this new wound up?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Had pilonidal cyst removal 10 days ago with closure (4 sutures),in last 7 days I had a liquid drainage(my surgeon called seroma).normal?when it stops?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Had surgery & Discharge summary says : Cyst drained with wide bore needle attached to suction (Oschner needle not available at ADH) - some leakage of cyst fluid into sponge surrounding incision, possible small leakage intra-abdominally. Is it safe?
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A 21-year old male asked:
One surgeon said lipoma and another said pilonidal cyst? Solid movable lump by tailbone. There's a pit but no drainage. Uninfected pilonidal?
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A 36-year old asked:
Laparscopic ovarian cysts surgery & incision drainage, what to do?
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A 34-year old female asked:
When having surgery to have a dermoid cyst removed where exactly is the incision made? Will i have a lot of scaring?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have had a reoccurring cyst on my tailbone, and the old incision has opened a bit and is now leaking fluid. What do I do?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Now long would a scrotal incision due to removal of cyst inside sac take to heal? What about amount of pain in the following days?
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A 17-year old male asked:
I might need surgery for a pilonidal cyst, but I'm terrified of surgery. Will there be a big hole or will it just be a small incision?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I had a small cyst on leg for 15 yrs. Turned into abscess and after taking ab, it got mostly better. The incision hole has not sealed. Thoughts?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I had a cyst removed 2 weeks ago from my neck. Now it feels lumpy underneath the incision maybe a lump 1/4 the size of the cyst. Will it get flat agn?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I started to have pain on my incision frm the surgery of rmoving a cyst 4 years ago. Why is this happening?
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A 47-year old asked:
My son recently had hypospadias repair and now has a cyst close to the incision. Is this an emergency?
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A 50-year old female asked:
I am having my spleen removed with a cyst. Dr says he is trying lapro but i will have a 4 inch incisions to pull it out. How long will my recovery ?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Undergo surgery to rmove appndix n cyst at the same time 2 yrs ago.But now sometimes i feel pain on the incision?Esp when i cough i hv to press d area
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A 53-year old female asked:
Can you moisturizer on cyst incision if still infected?
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A 38-year old asked:
I had surgery to remove an ovary/cyst last week and the incision sites itch really bad! how do I stop the itching?
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A 43-year old asked:
I had surgery to remove an ovary/cyst last week and the incision sites itch really bad! is there anything i can do to relieve the itching?
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A 38-year old male asked:
I had a ganglion cyst removed 4 weeks ago and have a lot of pain and very limited ROM. The incision appears to be stuck as if it is glued in place.
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A female asked:
Hello, I have just had a dermoid cyst removed about 1 month ago! And at the top of the incision that was made there is a hard lump appearing there ?
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A 31-year old asked:
What to do if I had surgery to remove an ovary/cyst last week and the incision sites itch really bad! is there anything I can do to stop the itching?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Had an ovarian torsion because of a large cyst. Ovary removed. What are the chances of this happening again. I have some pains in and around incision.
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A 46-year old asked:
I got a cyst removed earlier today, now the incision itches but doesn't hurt. What can I do about it?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I had a surgery to remove ovarian cyst 2yrs ago. But now when i cough especially, i feel pain on the incision.Is this normal?
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A member asked:
I had a cyst at left cheek and done an incision to remove the abcesses. Six weeks later, i saw the surgical site was raised and darker color
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