Chondroblastoma is a rare tumor. It is usually benign; however, it can have an aggressive course before or after operative treatment, even resulting in pulmonary metastases. The foot is a rare location for chondroblastoma, and to our knowledge, chondroblastoma occurring in the navicular bone has not been reported previously in the English literature. We describe a case of navicular chondroblast...

OBJECTIVE To decide whether partial nail extraction with phenolisation or with partial excision of the matrix should be the standard treatment in patients with ingrowing toenails of the hallux. DESIGN Randomized clinical trial with 12-month follow-up evaluations performed by observers who did not know which procedure was applied. SETTING Outpatient department of a surgical teaching hospital...

INTRODUCTION Tumors of the medial malleolus are rare. Chondrogenic tumors of the medial malleolus are extremely rare. Chondroblastoma of the medial malleolus has not been reported previously in the English literature. The purpose is to present a rare tumor occurring at an unusual site and its successful management. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 30 years old female with chondroblasto...

There are currently many surgical options for treating the “ingrowing toenail” (for example, wedge resection, which is demonstrated in this month’s Video Series); however, they tend to have high rates of recurrence, poor cosmetic results, and low rates of patient satisfaction.1 According to a 2005 Cochrane Review, rates of regrowth after the long-standing treatment (phenolization) were 34% for ...

Background: Ingrown toe nail (IGTN) is a painful condition in which the distal-lateral corner of the nail grows into its surrounding soft tissue leading to inflammation and infection. Failure of conservative therapy is an indication for surgical interventions. The aim of this study is to compare matricectomy by curettage with chemical matricectomy with phenol 88% in terms of post procedur...

Abstract Different forms of treatment pilonidal disease include traditional open surgery with or without flap reconstruction, phenolization, and laser treatment. However, no significantly large series have been published about the method. This case analysis consisted 69 consecutive patients, who were operated upon a Fistula-tract Closure in plastic department single academic teaching hospital b...

Objective: In this study we aimed to compare phenol application and sinus laser-assisted closure (SiLaC) methods for the treatment of pilonidal disease (PSD). 
 Materials Methods: A total 141 patients were divided into two groups with 73 being in group 68 laser group. Patients’ demographic characteristics, smoking status, presence co-morbidities, history abscess drainage, previous PSD surg...

The authors conducted a retrospective study on 23 patients (12 females and 11 males) with low-grade intramedullary chondrosarcoma of a long bone, treated with intralesional curettage, phenolization and cementation. The use of phenol was supported by an in vitro study, the use of bone cement by clinical studies. A consensus has been growing that this type of tumours should be treated less aggres...