Gutter Splint Toenail

This assumes a relatively mild to moderate case.

Gutter splint toenail.

This will keep the nail lifted during subsequent growth. A conservative method to gutter splint ingrown toenails methods. Often simple elevation of the nail out of the lateral nail fold under digital block anesthesia is all that is needed to treat a paronychia. Apply 10 sodium hydroxide with a cotton tipped applicator.

Tuck the cotton into the nail sulcus gently tucking it under the lateral free edge of the nail. Roll a 2 3 cm wisp of cotton saturated with alcohol to form a cylinder. A total of 26 gutters were placed in 17 patients with ingrown nails of the first. Prevent contact with surrounding structures because more extensive damage could occur and wound healing could be delayed.

In an ingrown toenail the ingrown part of the nail plate is floating over the. Vigorously rub on the lateral horn of the nail matrix for. Results. This method requires anesthesia.

Excise nail sulcus using the tip of a curved hemostat to provide space. Conservative approaches for the treatment of ingrown toenails without infection include placing a cotton wisp dental floss or gutter splint with or without acrylic nail under the ingrown nail. In the classic gutter splint method the ingrown edge of the nail plate is freed up to the extreme proximal part and then splinted using a gutter.