RT Journal Article
T1 Effectiveness of hyaluronic acid in post-surgical cures following partial matricectomies with the phenol/alcohol technique: A randomized clinical trial
A1 Lópezosa-Reca, Eva
A1 Martínez-Nova, Alfonso
A1 Sanchez-Rodriguez, Raquel
A1 Gijón-Noguerón, Gabriel
A1 Marchena-Rodríguez, Ana José
A1 Martínez-Rico, Magdalena
A1 Alabau-Dasi, Raquel
K1 Acido hialurónico
AB Background: Post-operative cures with hyaluronic acid (HA) could potentially shorten the period recovery involved in the phenol technique for ingrown toenail. The aim of this study was therefore to compare a standard healing protocol with the experimental one based on hyaluronic acid cream.Material and methods: 70 patients who had undergone phenol technique surgery for ingrown toenail were divided into two groups - control (n = 35) who received post-operative cures following the standard protocol with povidone iodine gel, and experimental (n = 35) who received cures with HA in the first 3 visits. Bleeding, total healing time, and perceived pain were assessed.Results: Patients in the control group recovered from the intervention in a total of 26.17 ± 7.75 days, while those in the HA group recovered in a significantly shorter time - 22.42 ± 2.41 days (p = 0.007, effect size 0.653). However, there were no between-group statistical differences in bleeding or perceived pain over the course of the post-surgery visits.Conclusions: The use of low molecular weight hyaluronic acid is effective in reducing the phenol-technique healing time by 4 days compared with the standard cure. However, no extra effects such as reductions in bleeding or perceived pain can be expected in choosing this healing protocol.
PB Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33163
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33163
LA eng
NO Effectiveness of hyaluronic acid in post-surgical cures following partial matricectomies with the phenol/alcohol technique: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of tissue viability, (2023) 32(1), 59–62.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026