Pilonidalsinusisasmallholeaffectingtheskinandsubcutaneoustissue,whichusuallycontainshairandskindebris,resultinginthecreationoftheso-calledpilonidalcyst.Theendoscopicpilonidalsinustreatment(EPSiT)isaminimallyinvasiveprocedureconsistingoftheremovalofhairsandcauterizationofthecavityunderdirectendoscopicvision.Inourinstitution,weusedtoendthisprocedurewithargonplasmacoagulation(APC).Here,wediscussacaseof22-year-oldmanaffectedbypilonidaldisease,whodevelopedamassivesubcutaneousemphysemaandsuspectedtransientischemicattacksecondarytogasreabsorptionafteranEPSiTinwhichAPCwassedforthecoagulation.

Parente, G., Di Mitri, M., Thomas, E., Cravano, S.M., D’Antonio, S., Gargano, T., et al. (2023). A case of massive subcutaneous emphysema and transient ischemic attack due to argon plasma coagulation following endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL CASE REPORTS, 2023(6), 1-3 [10.1093/jscr/rjad324].

A case of massive subcutaneous emphysema and transient ischemic attack due to argon plasma coagulation following endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment

Di Mitri, Marco
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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.
2023
Parente, G., Di Mitri, M., Thomas, E., Cravano, S.M., D’Antonio, S., Gargano, T., et al. (2023). A case of massive subcutaneous emphysema and transient ischemic attack due to argon plasma coagulation following endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL CASE REPORTS, 2023(6), 1-3 [10.1093/jscr/rjad324].
Parente, Giovanni; Di Mitri, Marco; Thomas, Eduje; Cravano, Sara Maria; D’Antonio, Simone; Gargano, Tommaso; Libri, Michele; Lima, Mario...espandi
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