A study on the surgical treatment of ingrowing toenail with nail excision with chemical matricectomy versus nail excision alone

Objectives: to compare the results of surgical treatment of ingrowing toenail with nail excision with chemical matricectomy versus nail excision alone. patients and methods: we selected 30 patients of ingrowing toenail for the study. the patients were divided into two groups of 15 patients each. in group i patients, nail avulsion with chemical matricectomy with 88% phenol was done. in group ii only nail avulsion was done. results: in group i patients the surgical success rate was 98% and in group ii, the surgical success rate was 86.6%. no patient complained about the cosmetic appearance of toenail after the operation. conclusions: the technique is easy to perform and is associated with little morbidity and has a success rate of 98%.