Segmental phenolization of ingrowing toenails: a randomized controlled study.
One hundred and three patients, on whom 107 procedures for ingrowing toenails were performed, were randomly allocated into one of two treatment groups: segmental or angular phenolization and wedge excision. There were 53 wedge excisions and 54 segmental phenolizations. Post-treatment discomfort was assessed on a linear analogue scale of 10 cm. There was no difference between the two groups one week after treatment. Over a mean follow-up period of 14 months a total of 20 nail spikes occurred, 4 in the phenolized group and 16 in the wedge excision group, this being a significant difference at the one per cent level.
D000328:Adult; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D019800:Phenol; D010636:Phenols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011897:Random Allocation
D010636:Phenols; D019800:Phenol