Pilonidal Sinus

Pilonidal sinus is a very common condition which is commonly seen at Medisyn Centre, Mohali in Punjab in young people. Our surgeon at Mohali Centre in Punjab has observed that these patients come with complaints of a small boil or swelling in the lower back or in the upper part of the buttocks which ruptures releasing some blood and some pus. It eventually dries away but again comes back after three or four months and this process keeps repeating. Initially many people ignore this thinking it’s a small skin boil and once it starts coming repeatedly then they come to the doctor for examination.

As per Dr Ripudaman Singh at Medisyn Centre in Mohali, Punjab, Pilonidal Sinus is actually a tunnel which goes from the skin to deep down into the tissue. At the end of the tunnel, usually you find a small tuft of hair. The hair on the back which usually sheds naturally gets sucked into the skin pores of the buttocks and when this hair gets trapped there, it creates a sort of inflammation under itself and starts tunnelling down. Many times because of the dirt and the other debris this becomes infected and the infected material find its way back to the skin and ruptures giving the patient pain and pus discharge.

Laser Treatment & Benefits

his problem is generally treated with the help of antibiotics but that is not a permanent cure for the sinus because the tunnel is very deep into the skin. The permanent solution is surgically removing the sinus from the skin level deep down into the tissue to the end of the tunnel where the tough hair which is like the seed of the infection lies. And once the entire sinus is removed then this problem is cured permanently. Traditionally this involves a very major operation whereby a large amount of skin is removed along with a deep tissue which leaves a large defect in the lower back and this defect is either covered by directly suturing it or by means of creation of a flap which is rotated by a plastic surgery method and the gap is covered.

At Medisyn Centre in Mohali in Punjab we prefer to use the most advanced technique for the treatment of pilonidal sinus. Laser surgery for pilonidal sinus does not need any major surgery or cut. It is the most advanced and the best treatment for pilonidal sinus problem. In the laser treatment for pilonidal sinus the entire sinus is first cleaned and then a laser beam is passed into the sinus and the entire tract is destroyed with the help of a radial laser fibre. It is advisable to undergo few sessions of laser hair removal which helps in removing hair that may be left. Laser hair removal from the affected area is done after 4 weeks and it helps in avoiding recurrence.

Best Doctors and Cost

Dr Ripudaman Singh is one of the best and most extensively trained surgeon in Mohali, Punjab for all the laparoscopic and laser surgeries or procedures. Dr Ripudaman has done fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Laser Proctology (treatment related to Ano-rectal diseases) from England. He has done numerous cases using laser with very high success rates. Dr Singh is highly experienced in performing laser pilonidal sinus surgery with best results. He performed numerous laser surgery for complex pilonidal sinus with multiple sinus tracts using laser. Our laser hair removal centre is at CLAGS which has the best laser machine Alma Diode Laser for the hair removal. When it comes to laparoscopic and laser surgeries or proceures Dr Ripudaman Singh at Medisyn Centre in Mohali, Punjab is right at the top in terms of skills and results that he has delivered over the years. The cost of laser surgery for pilopnidal sinus at Medisyn Centre at Airport Road in Mohali, Punjab would be in the range of INR 50,000 to 80,000 depending upon the number of sinus tracts.

If you have an individual health insurance policy then this surgery is covered after a period of 2 years from the date of inception of the policy. However if you are a beneficiary of company given policy then the surgery is covered from day one. Always go through the terms of your health insurance policy like room rent capping and co-payment to avoid any kind of financial shocks later on.

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