{"title":"Outcomes of nurse-led cryotherapy treatment for viral warts","authors":"Benjamin Liang Jun Lui, Chris Lixian Tan","doi":"10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202372","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cryotherapy is a cost-effective treatment that can be performed by non-dermatologists for viral warts, which are very common.1,2 The National University Hospital, Singapore runs a nurse-led wart clinic where nurses are trained to administer cryotherapy. This study reviewed eradication rates and side effects in patients treated at the nurse-led wart clinic.","PeriodicalId":50774,"journal":{"name":"Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202372","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cryotherapy is a cost-effective treatment that can be performed by non-dermatologists for viral warts, which are very common.1,2 The National University Hospital, Singapore runs a nurse-led wart clinic where nurses are trained to administer cryotherapy. This study reviewed eradication rates and side effects in patients treated at the nurse-led wart clinic.
期刊介绍:
The Annals is the official journal of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Established in 1972, Annals is the leading medical journal in Singapore which aims to publish novel findings from clinical research as well as medical practices that can benefit the medical community.