| Alkalizing beverages are highly effective in preventing the recurrence of calcium oxalate, uric acid and cystine lithiasis. |
| For decades children were given long term anticonvulsant drugs to prevent the recurrence of febrile seizures. |
| Pituitary irradiation can induce remission of disease in more than one half of patients with recurrence after surgery. |
| Obesity, insufficient excision, significant skin maceration, and chronic skin infection may increase the incidence of recurrence. |
| If there is a recurrence then operative removal of the cyst and its sac becomes necessary. |
| If an anticonvulsant drug is used, the typical duration of therapy is one year, which represents the period with the highest risk of recurrence. |
