title: Human warts permanently removed by static electricity.
abstract: The CED was found to be a highly effective, safe, inexpensive, and simple device to use for complete wart removal with no regrowth or scarring. The warts are shed in the same manner as the surface epithelium exfoliates or sloughs off. Plantar warts cause a great deal of pain in walking and surgical procedures are warranted in some cases. Since these warts tend to become very large and to extend deeply into the dermis, when they are removed surgically the patient is incapacitated for a period of time. Opening the area to bacteria may cause additional infection, and the surgery may result in tender scar formation. According to our study group, the CED offers an effective alternate means of therapy for removing warts and alleviating the pain associated with them.
mesh_terms: D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D006801:Humans; D014860:Warts / Q000628:therapy*