A Novel Scoring System for Pilonidal Disease: Predicting Complications and Guiding Surgical Management
The Hazem-Talaat score provides an objective, multifactorial tool that integrates clinical and anatomical factors to predict recurrence and stratify patients with pilonidal disease. Its application in surgical planning may improve outcomes by tailoring the choice of operative technique to disease severity. Further multicenter studies with longer follow-up are warranted to externally validate this system.
Authors
- F Ashoush
- Mohamed Abdelaal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4460-7475)
- E. Camilleri
- Shawky A. El‐Abd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-5875)
- Ahmed Hammad Amer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-8639)
- Ahmed Abdelrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-8603)
- Mohamed Abdelhalim
- Ibtehal Elgaabari
- Mohamed Arakib
Institutions
- Tanta University (EG)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Tanta University Hospital (EG)
- Health Education England (GB)
- Health Education North West (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.95454
- Primary Topic
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00