Soft-tissue resection for ingrowing toenails.
Soft-tissue resection was carried out on 25 toes of 20 patients who had suffered recurrence of ingrowing toenails following avulsion of their afflicted nails. A cure rate of 60% was achieved. The virtue of the procedure is discussed.
D006801:Humans; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014034:Toes / Q000601:surgery*