Worldwide Map of Advanced Pilonidal Surgeons

[Sasha]

We've added a map to help patients find doctors doing these procedures:

• Cleft Lift/Modified Karydakis
• Gips Procedure/Pit Picking
• EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment)

Find a Surgeon - Pilonidal Support Alliance

Find a surgeon who specializes in Pilonidal Disease surgery from our lists, particularly Bascom Cleft Lift surgeons.

www.pilonidal.org

Please use this forum for alert us when a doctor retires, moves, isn't doing a listed procedure, or needs to be added to this map.

 

[Piloidahelp]

could you help me find a doctor in Maryland who could perform gips surgery

 

[pilonidalinFL]

We've added a map to help patients find doctors doing these procedures:

• Cleft Lift/Modified Karydakis
• Gips Procedure/Pit Picking
• EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment)

Find a Surgeon - Pilonidal Support Alliance

Find a surgeon who specializes in Pilonidal Disease surgery from our lists, particularly Bascom Cleft Lift surgeons.

www.pilonidal.org

Please use this forum for alert us when a doctor retires, moves, isn't doing a listed procedure, or needs to be added to this map.

What about laser treatment? There are many studies and references to laser treatment, SiLaC laser therapy, or sinus laser ablation treatment being highly effective, less invasive, and with lower rates of recurrence for Pilonidal cysts, but I am having trouble locating where any doctors are actually offering this procedure. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936319301339

 

[tuckerTnodal]

My understanding is that EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment) is a solid minimally invasive option for clearing the sinus. This 2023 article below compares EPSiT and SiLAC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10091928/
Now I have a question...
I just had a surgery consult where we discussed conventional surgery (the only options discussed were wound-creation surgery and laser hair removal after the surgery). This center does not do endoscopic techniques for pilonidal surgery (I called back later after I researched to ask).
Does anyone have any thoughts to share about holding out to avoid the conventional invasive surgery? I'm going back and forth between holding out for perhaps another 2 years to save up to pay for endoscopic surgery myself OR follow through with the consult recommendation and get conventional surgery.

 

[setonsurvivor]

My understanding is that EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment) is a solid minimally invasive option for clearing the sinus. This 2023 article below compares EPSiT and SiLAC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10091928/
Now I have a question...
I just had a surgery consult where we discussed conventional surgery (the only options discussed were wound-creation surgery and laser hair removal after the surgery). This center does not do endoscopic techniques for pilonidal surgery (I called back later after I researched to ask).
Does anyone have any thoughts to share about holding out to avoid the conventional invasive surgery? I'm going back and forth between holding out for perhaps another 2 years to save up to pay for endoscopic surgery myself OR follow through with the consult recommendation and get conventional surgery.

after having 4 surgeries and wasting 10 months of my life. I can definitely say that the EPSiT surgery is the one that worked for me.