title: Pledgets in ingrowing toenails.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001458:Bandages; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000628:therapy*; D014034:Toes