Ingrown toenail has become one of the most prevalent onychopathies and a frequent reason for consultation in podiatry clinics. In the initial stages of the pathology, conservative treatments are the first choice of therapy. The aim was therefore, to analyze and compare the efficacy of the technique of nail re-education with gauze bandage and nail remodelling for the conservative treatment of onychocryptosis in stage I and IIA, A prospective, longitudinal, randomised clinical trial-type analytical study is proposed. A sample of 20 subjects with stage I and IIA onychocryptosis will be selected. Of these, 10 cases were part of the gauze bandage nail re-education group and the remaining 10 cases were part of the nail remodelling group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Pain, Swelling, Infection, Patient satisfaction and recurrence of the disease will be measured
Alfonso Martínez Nova
Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain
Recurrence of the disease
Recurrence is defined as a return of the previous symptoms, regrowth of the nail edge, or patient dissatisfaction with the clinical outcome.
Time frame: 3 months
Reported pain
Visual analogue scale of pain (0-10)
Time frame: Every clinic visit of the patient until 3 months
Infection
Presence of infection symptoms as oozing or built up fluid around the affected area, bleeding, foul smell, overgrowth tissues around the edges of the toenail or abscess filled with puss.
Time frame: Every clinic visit of the patient until 3 months
Swelling
Presence of swelling symptoms as pain, redness and hardardening around the affected toenail.
Time frame: Every clinic visit of the patient until 3 months
Patient satisfaction
Patient satisfaction survey (0-10)
Time frame: Every clinic visit of the patient until 3 months
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