Pilonidalsinusisasmallholeaffectingtheskinandsubcutaneoustissue,whichusuallycontainshairandskindebris,resultinginthecreationoftheso-calledpilonidalcyst.Theendoscopicpilonidalsinustreatment(EPSiT)isaminimallyinvasiveprocedureconsistingoftheremovalofhairsandcauterizationofthecavityunderdirectendoscopicvision.Inourinstitution,weusedtoendthisprocedurewithargonplasmacoagulation(APC).Here,wediscussacaseof22-year-oldmanaffectedbypilonidaldisease,whodevelopedamassivesubcutaneousemphysemaandsuspectedtransientischemicattacksecondarytogasreabsorptionafteranEPSiTinwhichAPCwassedforthecoagulation.
A case of massive subcutaneous emphysema and transient ischemic attack due to argon plasma coagulation following endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment
Di Mitri, Marco
;Thomas, Eduje;Cravano, Sara Maria;Gargano, Tommaso;Lima, Mario
2023
Abstract
Pilonidalsinusisasmallholeaffectingtheskinandsubcutaneoustissue,whichusuallycontainshairandskindebris,resultinginthecreationoftheso-calledpilonidalcyst.Theendoscopicpilonidalsinustreatment(EPSiT)isaminimallyinvasiveprocedureconsistingoftheremovalofhairsandcauterizationofthecavityunderdirectendoscopicvision.Inourinstitution,weusedtoendthisprocedurewithargonplasmacoagulation(APC).Here,wediscussacaseof22-year-oldmanaffectedbypilonidaldisease,whodevelopedamassivesubcutaneousemphysemaandsuspectedtransientischemicattacksecondarytogasreabsorptionafteranEPSiTinwhichAPCwassedforthecoagulation.File in questo prodotto:
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