[laconic]

My brother HAD that operation so he could serve in the Army during the war, that's how I know.

[Fury]

My brother HAD that operation so he could serve in the Army during the war, that's how I know.

And? People are not built the same. They're different. Rush or others, deserves the benefit of the doubt, I guess.

[Bluntpoint]

From Merck Manual:

Pilonidal Disease

Acute abscess or chronic draining sinuses in the sacrococcygeal area.

Pilonidal disease usually occurs in young, hirsute white males. One or several midline or adjacent-to-the-midline pits or sinuses occur in the skin of the sacral region and may form a cavity, often containing hair. The lesion is usually asymptomatic unless it becomes infected, which is painful.

Treatment is by incision and drainage. Usually, one or more chronic draining sinuses persist and must be extirpated by excision and primary closure or, preferably, by an open technique (eg, cystotomy, marsupialization). Antibiotics are generally not needed.


How many soldiers were shot and patched up and sent back into action during vietman?