Simple old surgery for juvenile embedded toenails.
During a period of 3 1/2 years, 42 consecutive children with severely infected embedded toenails were treated by excision of the nail fold and granulation tissue. Of the 49 toes so treated, 43 (88%) were cured within an average time of 5 weeks. The cosmetic results were excellent, and there have been no recurrences during the period of review (mean of 82 weeks).
D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery