title: Onychocryptosis: principles of non-operative and operative care.
abstract: Onychocryptosis has many causal factors which contribute to the impingement of the nail edge with the soft tissue nail wall. The treatment protocol for ingrown toenail includes a regimen of conservative care, nail plate avulsion and nail bed ablation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006214:Hallux; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012737:Sex Factors