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<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S2444-054X2022000600719</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.21000498</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The role of collagen type I/III ratio in the etiology of sacrococcygeal pilonidal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El papel de la proporción de colágeno tipo I/III en la etiología de la enfermedad del seno pilonidal sacrococcígeosinus disease]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Atay]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arif]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kucukosmanoglu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ilknur]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Köksal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hande]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arslan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kemal]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dogru]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Osman]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Izmir Katip Celebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital Department of General Surgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Izmir ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turkey</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Konya Education and Research Hospital Department of Pathology ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Konya ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turkey</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Konya Education and Research Hospital Department of General Surgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Konya ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turkey</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>90</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>719</fpage>
<lpage>725</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000600719&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000600719&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000600719&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there was a difference between the midline skin and the healthy skin in the lateral by means of total amount of collagen and Type I/III ratio which was the indicator of the collagen structure.  Material and methods: Fifty patients with pilonidal sinus disease were enrolled. Samples were prepared from the midline skin of the sinus where the holes were located and lateral skin of the resected material.  Results: It was determined that the lateral line had significantly more collagen intensity and a higher collagen Type I/III ratio (p &lt; 0.001).  Conclusions: One of the reasons why hair mostly pricks into the midline in the intergluteal sulcus in pilonidal sinus disease is the fact that the amount of total collagen and collagen Type I/III ratio of the midline are lower than those of the lateral tissue. Complications are more common in cases with low Type I/III ratio and low total collagen rates.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: El propósito de este estudio es investigar si existía diferencia entre la piel de la línea media y la piel sana en el lateral por medio de la cantidad total de colágeno y la relación Tipo I/III que era el indicador de la estructura del colágeno.  Material y métodos: Se inscribieron 50 pacientes con enfermedad del seno pilonidal. Se prepararon muestras de la piel de la línea media del seno donde se ubicaron los orificios y de la piel lateral del material resecado.  Resultados: Se determinó que la línea lateral tenía significativamente más intensidad de colágeno y una mayor relación de colágeno Tipo I/III (p &lt; 0.001).  Conclusiones: Una de las razones por las que el cabello se pincha principalmente en la línea media en el surco interglúteo en la enfermedad del seno pilonidal es el hecho de que la cantidad de colágeno total y la relación de colágeno tipo I/III de la línea media son menores que las del tejido lateral. Las complicaciones son más comunes en los casos con una proporción baja de Tipo I/III y tasas bajas de colágeno total.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pilonidal sinus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Etiopathogenesis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Total collagen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Collagen type 1/3 ratio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Seno pilonidal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Etiopatogenia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Colágeno total]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Relación 1/3 del tipo de colágeno]]></kwd>
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