Treatment of ingrowing toenails with liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy.
Ingrowing toenails are a common debilitating condition and often require surgical intervention. In 44 patients liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy produced a rate of success comparable with that of other nail sparing techniques but had the advantage of being a quick, simple, and cheap outpatient procedure that could be carried out with limited facilities and without anaesthesia.
D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000601:surgery*; D009584:Nitrogen; D014034:Toes
D009584:Nitrogen