Surgical Pearl: A Novel Technique of Ingrown Nail Splinting

Ingrown toenail is an intermittent painful inflammation of the lateral nail unit of the great toe. Nail care habits and footwear are common contributory factors at a young age. Ingrown nail comprises about 20 percent of foot issues and is often treated moderately with simple, nonsurgical palliative measures. One of them is the utilization of polytube splint beneath the ingrown nail edge to isolate it from the nail canal. Polytube nail splinting promptly relieves the discomfort and has a low recurrence rate (1).