Gutter Splint Toenail

Herein we describe a more conservative gutter technique that is less traumatic and does not require anesthesia.

Gutter splint toenail. Tuck the cotton into the nail sulcus gently tucking it under the lateral free edge of the nail. 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. Vigorously rub on the lateral horn of the nail matrix for. This will keep the nail lifted during subsequent growth.

Roll a 2 3 cm wisp of cotton saturated with alcohol to form a cylinder. Results. 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. This assumes a relatively mild to moderate case.

Thoroughly rinse with 70 isopropyl alcohol or saline to. 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. This method requires anesthesia. A conservative method to gutter splint ingrown toenails methods.

A total of 26 gutters were placed in 17 patients with ingrown nails of the first. In an ingrown toenail the ingrown part of the nail plate is floating over the. The purpose of splinting is to prevent the toenail from growing back into the lateral nail fold.