Literature review. A modern view on approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with epithelial coccygeal passage

Lukashevich Maxim Ivanovich, Manuilov Alexander Mikhailovich

The issues of diagnosis and treatment of epithelial coccygeal passage have been discussed in the scientific community for many years. To date, researchers have not formed a consensus on the optimal way to treat patients diagnosed with pathology. One of the main problems on this topic is the lack of a generally accepted ECS classification, which leads to an incorrect choice of surgical intervention tactics and, as a result, unsatisfactory results. The article summarizes the material on the topic under study, outlines the main types of methods of treatment of epithelial coccygeal passage based on the literature data of domestic and foreign authors, examines the issues of etiopathogenesis, classification, clinical features, diagnosis of this disease. The main content of the study is the analysis of surgical methods of treatment, consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of each method, which is of practical value for modern specialists.

Keywords:epithelial coccygeal passage, suturing, pilonidal cyst, excision, vacuum therapy, fistula, laser.