Abstract

ROLE OF KSHARKARMA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PILONIDAL SINUS AND IT’S CLINICAL ASPECTS

Dr. Aditya Trigunayat Sharma*

Abstract

Pilonidal sinus is a fairly common condition effect to certain secondary group of people. Who had massive and constant sitting habits. This disease results with slightly seropurulent foul discharge in between the buttocks, and on the natal cleft. Herbert Meyo was the 1st to describe this disease as a hair filled cyst in the year 1833. In 1880 HODG coined the name of pilonidal sinus. In the latin ‘Pilus’ means tuf hair ‘Nidus’ means nest. According to ayurveda, it is also considered as Shalyaj nadi vrana. The most commonly used surgical technique for pilonidal sinus include excision with primary closer and excision with reconstructive flap. The chances of reoccurrence is more after these procedure. In order to prevent long post operative care with different lenses of recovery Excision of the tract and KSHARKARMA was done as the guidelines of SUSHRUTA (800 BC) was made a clinical trial on a group of five patient. Here in this paper, subjective evaluation of symptoms and objective evaluation of healing time, Thugh limited was subjected for statics evolution for a scientific bais.

Keywords: Tuft of hair, Reconstructive flap, Shalyaj nadi vrana, Ksharkarma, Pilonidal Sinus.