Table 6.
Prior procedure and surgery for hidradenitis suppurativa
| Adults N = 529 |
Adolescents N = 65 |
All patients N = 594 |
All patients by Hurley stage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I, N = 40 | II, N = 394 | III, N = 160 | ||||
| Any procedure | 383 (72.4) | 25 (38.5) | 408 (68.7) | 20 (50.0) | 267 (67.8) | 121 (75.6) |
| De-roofing | 40 (7.6) | 0 | 40 (6.7) | 0 | 23 (5.8) | 17 (10.6) |
| En bloc excision | 105 (19.8) | 2 (3.1) | 107 (18.0) | 2 (5.0) | 70 (17.8) | 35 (21.9) |
| Incision and drainage by patient | 71 (13.4) | 1 (1.5) | 72 (12.1) | 2 (5.0) | 58 (14.7) | 12 (7.5) |
| Incision and drainage by physician | 187 (35.3) | 14 (21.5) | 201 (33.8) | 9 (22.5) | 131 (33.2) | 61 (38.1) |
| Intralesional steroid injections | 91 (17.2) | 5 (7.7) | 96 (16.2) | 5 (12.5) | 61 (15.5) | 30 (18.8) |
| Laser treatment, CO2 | 9 (1.7) | 1 (1.5) | 10 (1.7) | 0 | 6 (1.5) | 4 (2.5) |
| Laser treatment, ND-YAG | 5 (0.9) | 0 | 5 (0.8) | 0 | 3 (0.8) | 2 (1.3) |
| Photodynamic therapy | 5 (0.9) | 0 | 5 (0.8) | 0 | 2 (0.5) | 3 (1.9) |
| External-beam radiation therapy | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
| Other surgery or procedures | 54 (10.2) | 2 (3.1) | 56 (9.4) | 4 (10.0) | 29 (7.4) | 23 (14.4) |
Data are presented as N (%)
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