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Conservative Treatment of Ingrown Toenail

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Nails, Abnormal
Ingrown Nail
Registration Number
NCT05214586
Lead Sponsor
Universidad de Extremadura
Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • Ingrown toenail in stage I or IIa (Mozena Classification)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients not allowed for clinical follow-up of the evolution of the pathology.
  • Patients presented with deforming pathologies
  • Pattens had been surgically operated for ingrown toenail

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Recurrence of the disease3 months

Recurrence is defined as a return of the previous symptoms, regrowth of the nail edge, or patient dissatisfaction with the clinical outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SwellingEvery clinic visit of the patient until 3 months

Presence of swelling symptoms as pain, redness and hardardening around the affected toenail.

Reported painEvery clinic visit of the patient until 3 months

Visual analogue scale of pain (0-10)

InfectionEvery clinic visit of the patient until 3 months

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.

Patient satisfactionEvery clinic visit of the patient until 3 months

Patient satisfaction survey (0-10)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Alfonso Martínez Nova

🇪🇸

Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain

Alfonso Martínez Nova
🇪🇸Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain

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