I’m 18 and from Seattle, Washington. When we went on lock-down in March of 2020, I began to sit for hours at a time, studying, reading, and eventually Zoom schooling.  I first realized that something was wrong when I developed a painful swelling just above my buttock crack.  I figured that it was from allContinue reading “Living with an open wound since early in the pandemic”

Draining a pilonidal abscess (I&D) should be in the bag of tricks of any emergency room, urgent care doctor, or surgeon.  But the practice is very variable, and many patients have unsatisfactory experiences.  Here are the main issues, and I will say this is somewhat controversial as while I feel that I am promoting well-established best practices,Continue reading “Draining a Pilonidal Abscess: Controversies and Best Practices”