Gluteal fasciaplasty as a method of primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus.

Between 1968 and 1973 55 patients with a pilonidal sinus were treated by the gluteal fascial method. Thirty-two patients could be investigated in a follow-up study. Eight recurrences were observed. The author concludes that in his department (in a large training clinic) this method proved unsatisfactory.