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...

It is reported that 46 percent of diabetic patients are along with abnormal toenails, 35% of which were with ingrown toenails [1,2]. As known, abnormal toenails can seriously impede the healing of wound. Even under the condition of good blood perfusion, if the local pressure cannot be released, the ulcer will be difficult to heal and the prevalence of relapsing is up to 40% [1,3]. It is very im...

A new clinic was set up to deal with all toenail problems referred to a large general hospital. Ingrowing toenails were the commonest problem dealt with and phenol cauterization, either partial or complete, was the standard form of treatment. Over a 2-year period 1013 phenol cauterizations were carried out on 631 patients. After a minimum of 12 months follow-up, the recurrence rate was 2.96%. A...

BACKGROUND Many risk factors have been identified to be associated with ingrown toenail. Internal pressure by the distal phalanx of the hallux and the second toe and external compression from the shoes has been proposed as a reason for the pathology. The main objective of the study was to analyze the existence of a correlation between the presence of pathological hallux interphalangeal angle (H...

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 ...

A 16-year-old-girl with a past medical history of lidocaine anaphylaxis requested an allergy test to find a local anesthetic (LA) agent with no adverse allergic reactions for her ingrown toenail treatment. A skin prick test (SPT) and intradermal test were administered using lidocaine, procaine, bupivacaine, mepivacaine and ropivacaine. All LA agents used in the SPT showed negative result. An in...