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.
Connolly
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Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin.
Fitzgerald
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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