Efficacy of Intraoperative Surgical Scrubbing in Reducing Bacterial Load After Nail Removal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators conducted a controlled, prospective randomized study to examine the antiseptic efficacy of intraoperative irrigation methods during nail avulsion surgery.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Treatments: Polihexanide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Older than 18

• Onychocryptosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• infection

• a history of tinea pedis

• onychomycosis

• paronychia

• nail trauma or subungual hematoma

• nail deformities and disorders

• peripheral vascular disease or diabetes

• cardiac disease

• a history of rheumatic fever

• recent antibiotic use or current antimicrobial therapy

• a history of steroid use and

• recent nail polish use