The importance of local subcutaneous fat thickness in pilonidal disease

Balik O., Balik A. A., Polat K. Y., Aydinli B., KANTARCI A., Aliagaoglu C., ...Daha Fazla

DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM, cilt.49, sa.11, ss.1755-1757, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10350-006-0672-5
  • Dergi Adı: DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1755-1757
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

PURPOSE: This study was designed to investigate the local subcutaneous fat thickness in sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease. METHODS: Subcutaneous fat thickness was measured by ultrasonography in 125 patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease and 125 age-matched, body mass index-matched and gender-matched controls. RESULTS: The sacrococcygeal subcutaneous fat thickness was 14.4 +/- 2.9 mm, 18.3 +/- 3.1 mm, and 22 +/- 2.2 nun, respectively, in normal, overweight, and obese patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease and 9.1 +/- 3.1 mm, 11.3 +/- 2.6 mm, and 20 +/- 1.8 nun, respectively, in normal, overweight, and obese controls. Sacrococcygeal fat was significantly thicker in normal and overweight patients with pilonidal disease compared with controls with same body mass index (P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in fat thickness between obese patients and obese controls (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Sacrococcygeal tat thickness, as a local factor, is closely associated with pilonidal disease.