gogojojo
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My son had the cleft lift procedure done over a year and a half ago by a surgeon in our home star (it was a 5 hour drive).
He had VERY extensive pilonidal disease.
Although his scar seemed lumpy, we thought the surgery cured him
However, 5 months ago, after shaving, he developed a large lump on his buttock, near his anus. We took him back to the surgeon who said it was a boil and not a recurrence. He gave him antibiotics and sent us home.
It never fully healed and has swollen and leaked intermittently since then.
It swelled up to the size of a golf ball last week so we went to a local surgeon to see what’s going on. He lanced it to drain and said it IS a recurrence of the pilonidal disease.
Upset and worried, we went back the surgeon who did the operation. This is was day before yesterday. He still says he really doesn’t think it’s recurrence and again sent us home with antibiotics.
Last night as I was changing the dressing on his wound I noticed three very tiny holes along the old incision line form the cleft lift. They were very hard to see. The lump near his anus is still hard and swollen too. This has to be a recurrence.
He also developed a very painful boil on his thigh yesterday. Where it touches the other thigh also has some smaller bumps. Now we’re worried about some kind of resistant infection (this Augmentin hasn’t helped anything).
At this point I think we need to see an absolute top surgeon to treat this.
We are willing to travel to either San Franscisco to see Dr. Sternberg or to Wisconsin to see Dr. Immerman (these two seem to be the best in the country based on my research).
Which do you recommend and why?
We live in Asheville, NC.
He had VERY extensive pilonidal disease.
Although his scar seemed lumpy, we thought the surgery cured him
However, 5 months ago, after shaving, he developed a large lump on his buttock, near his anus. We took him back to the surgeon who said it was a boil and not a recurrence. He gave him antibiotics and sent us home.
It never fully healed and has swollen and leaked intermittently since then.
It swelled up to the size of a golf ball last week so we went to a local surgeon to see what’s going on. He lanced it to drain and said it IS a recurrence of the pilonidal disease.
Upset and worried, we went back the surgeon who did the operation. This is was day before yesterday. He still says he really doesn’t think it’s recurrence and again sent us home with antibiotics.
Last night as I was changing the dressing on his wound I noticed three very tiny holes along the old incision line form the cleft lift. They were very hard to see. The lump near his anus is still hard and swollen too. This has to be a recurrence.
He also developed a very painful boil on his thigh yesterday. Where it touches the other thigh also has some smaller bumps. Now we’re worried about some kind of resistant infection (this Augmentin hasn’t helped anything).
At this point I think we need to see an absolute top surgeon to treat this.
We are willing to travel to either San Franscisco to see Dr. Sternberg or to Wisconsin to see Dr. Immerman (these two seem to be the best in the country based on my research).
Which do you recommend and why?
We live in Asheville, NC.