Eficacia de las técnicas quirúrgicas más utilizadas en el tratamiento de la onicocriptosis: una revisión sistemática

Background

The onychocryptosis, commonly known as ingrown toenail, is a condition of the nail apparatus in which damages the nail fold. This causes pain and inflammation and has serious alterations person's quality of life, causing inability to perform daily activities. So, is very important to choose a good treatment.

Material and methods

A literature review was conducted to assess which surgical technique for the treatment of onychocryptosis was the most frequently used in the period (2007-2014), and which has lower rate of relapse and / or recurrence presented. The selection resulted in 13 articles evaluating chemical matrixectomies techniques and wedge resection technique, Suppan I or similar.

Results

The chemical matrixectomies was the most employed techniques to treat ingrown toenails, mainly employing phenol as caustic agent. In the same way, had significantly lower rates of relapse and / or recurrence (2.02%) than wedge resection techniques or Suppan technique

Conclusions

Chemical matrixectomies are currently the most widely used surgical techniques, which provide good results and low recurrence rates presented, so are considered the most effective technique for the treatment of onychocryptosis.