Ingrown Toenail
Conditions
Keywords
Ingrown toenail, Biomechanic, Central resection, Recurrence
Brief summary
Ingrown toenail is commonly met in clinical practice.treatment may be non-operative and operative treatment.operative trestment depends on lateral wedge resection of the nail. The idea is to change toenail biomechanics by central toenail resection.
Detailed description
The aim of this study is to compare between central toenail resection with ordinary lateral wedge resection in managing ingrown toenail. This study was performed on 100 patients divided into 2 groupd each is 50 patients. Group A underwent central resection while group B underwent lateral toenail resection.
Interventions
PROCEDURECentral toenail resection
Using local aneasthesia, resection of central part of toenail with germinal matrix.
PROCEDUREWedge toenail resection
Using local anaesthesia,we remove lateral part of toenail .
Sponsors
Zagazig University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patient with ingrown toenail * Patients from 10 years up to 35 years
Exclusion criteria
* patients with concurrent toe deformity * patients less than 10 years or more than 35 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postoperative pain on visual analog score for pain | six month | All patients are pain free after 5 days postoperative |
| Intraoperative time measured in minutes | Six month | All operations end within 15 minutes. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recurrence after operation | six month | Recurrence is followed up by asking the patient to follow up in outpatient clinic after six month and also,by calling the patients in telephone. |
Outcome results
None listed