Castro ALM

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 43-47
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ABSTRACT

Justification and Objec-tives: this work has been done in order to compare the outcomes obtains by a physician of Minor Surgery Service of Desamparados 2, in the treatment of ingrown toenails with partial avulsion with matricectomy by curettage of matrix, respect to result obtained in other health centers with different techniques. Also an analysis of pain perception has been done, and the number of patient’s recovering days after the procedure was compares with the average of other centers of minor surgery. Methodology: information for this investigation was obtained with the use of a questionnaire, patients with more than 3 month after the procedure was performed were selected. Outcomes and conclusions: the technique used is better than avulsion without matricectomy (36% compared with recurrences between 42 to 83% depends of the literature), but other techniques not performed due the equipment cost, are better.

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