Radio surgery versus 80% phenol for toe nail matrix ablation: a randomised comparison study

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Surgery: Toenail matrix ablation
Surgery
Toenail matrix ablation

Registration Number: ISRCTN32883274

Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Subjects will be males and females
2. Aged 18-80 years
3. They will be individuals referred to the podiatry department at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Heavitree) for nail surgery under local anaesthesia
4. They will present with a condition indicating the need for nail surgery including the following conditions:
4.1 Ingrowing toenail
4.2 Involuted nail
4.3 Fungal infection of the nail
4.4 Thickening of the nail
4.5 Severe nail hypertrophy
5. Each subject must be able to attend for follow-up visits including a 6-month visit and be able to provide informed consent
6. Participants will be happy to have their toe photographed and will be happy to be contacted by telephone after 1 year

Exclusion Criteria

1. Fitted with a pacemaker, artificial heart valve, artificial joints or any other type of implant because these are contra-indications to radiosurgery
2. Subungual exostosis because treatment other than nail surgery is required for this condition
3. Contraindication to anaesthesia or the procedure according to standard guidelines
4. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
5. Unable to give informed consent
6. Inadequate blood supply to the foot or toe

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Healing time of the wound (to the nearest week). Pain experienced at each return visit following surgery measured using a visual scale, post-operative infection incidence measured by clinical signs and symptoms, nail regrowth incidence measured by clinical signs and symptoms, time to nail regrowth following surgery.

Secondary Outcome Measures