Pilonidal Sinus: Open Surgery or PEPSiT? Our Preliminary Experience in Adolescents.

Children (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13024976 · PMID 41897145

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Mean operative time was shorter in the PEPSiT group (37.95 ± 10.86 min) compared with the Open group (47.85 ± 20.03 min), although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.052).

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