Ingrowing toe-nails.

Results of surgery for ingrowing toenails.

Ingrowing toe nails: the extent of the germinal matrix.

Zadik’s operation and segmental ablation of the nail bed are common treatments for ingrowing toenails, but reported recurrence rates vary from 16% to 50% (Townsend and Scott 1966; Andrew and Wallace 1979; Wallace, Milne and Andrew 1979; Morkane, Robertson and Inglis 1984; Pettine et al 1988). Recurrence is often caused by growth of a nail spike due to incomplete excision of the germinal matrix....

The management of ingrowing toenails.

Ingrowing toenails are a common condition that causes pain and disability in the foot. The condition occurs when the nail plate traumatises the nail fold, giving rise to pain, inflammation, or infection (or a combination thereof). It commonly occurs in the great toe but can also affect the lesser toes. Patients with ingrowing toenails are usually male, between the ages of 15 and 40 years; they ...

The surgical treatment of ingrowing toenails.

Two prospective studies of ingrowing toenail management were conducted. In the first, 163 patients (204 ingrowing nail edges) who had not had previous surgery were randomised and treated by total nail avulsion, nail edge excision, or nail edge excision with phenolisation of the germinal matrix; recurrence rates one year postoperatively were 73%, 73% and 9% respectively. In the second study, 63 ...

Pledgets in ingrowing toenails.

Eighty children had cotton wool pledgets inserted under the nail corner for ingrowing toenails. Success was achieved in 44 (72%) of the 61 children followed up for a mean of 2.5 years. Appearance was excellent and compliance high. Initial insertion under anaesthesia improved the results, and chronicity did not adversely affect the outcome.