A pilonidal cyst is a painful lump located at the base of the spine at the top of the buttocks. Symptoms can include a painful lump, discharge, and swelling in the area. Pilonidal cysts, which are ...

Pilonidal disease often starts as a small cyst near the tailbone and turns into years of pain, drainage, and repeated trips to the operating room. Many patients undergo wide excision surgery that ...

Those who suffer from pilonidal disease understand just how painful living with the chronic skin condition can be. For many, recurring infections can mean not only pain and discomfort, but also ...

Over the years, surgery has experienced a transition from being a trial and error-based approach towards evidence-based practice. To no surgically treated ailment does this truism apply more than ...

Dr. Ali Mahmood, a certified colon and rectal surgeon at the Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, recently performed the first-ever rhomboid flap surgery in Fort Bend County. Mahmood used the rhomboid flap ...

I am 22 years old and have had trouble with a cyst on my tailbone for years. Once or twice a year the cyst begins to hurt, and then opens up and drains spontaneously. Should I see my doctor about this ...