Reconstructive Surgical Approach for Pincer Nail

Clínica María del Mar Ruiz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pincer Nail

Treatments: Procedure: Surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02939521

Maria del Mar Ruiz-Herrera

Details and patient eligibility

About

A prospective design that studies the effects of a new technique for the treatment of pincer nails. The technique consists of a flattening of the bone of the distal phalanx with a frontal skin lifting that is performed in patients with a pincer nail deformity. Visual Analog Scale (VAS) will be measure before surgery, one month and one year after surgery.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria:

• Pincer nail deformity
• At least 5 years of pain in the nail
• Prior unsuccessful conservative treatments

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical or mental conditions that contraindicate surgical treatment of the condition.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Surgery

Experimental group

Description:

Consists of a dorsal flattening of of the bone at the distal phalanx, with a frontal lifting of the distal skin of the toe

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgery