Sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease.

The ideal treatment for pilonidal disease remains controversial with many accepted procedures in current clinical use. This case series is focused on the results of the Bascom procedure for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease. The records of 127 consecutive patients treated by the authors for sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease were reviewed. The Bascom surgical procedure was performed on 127 consecutive patients in a clinical surgical practice. The series included 98 male and 29 female patients. The mean age of the patients reported in this series was 23 years, with a range of 14 to 49 years of age. The lateral incision healed in a mean of 12 days, with a range of 8 to 30 days. Recurrent disease occurred in 3 patients in this series. The Bascom surgical procedure for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease was found in this clinical practice series to have an excellent cure rate with a low recurrence rate. Patient satisfaction was high.