Effectiveness of nail bed repair in children with or without replacing the fingernail: NINJA multicentre randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery for nail bed injuries in children is common. One of the key surgical decisions is whether to replace the nail plate following nail bed repair. The aim of this RCT was to assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nail bed repair with fingernail replacement/substitution compared with repair without fingernail replacement.

Methods

A two-arm 1 : 1 parallel-group open multicentre superiority RCT was performed across 20 secondary-care hospitals in the UK. The co-primary outcomes were surgical-site infection at around 7 days after surgery and cosmetic appearance summary score at a minimum of 4 months.

Results

Some 451 children presenting with a suspected nail bed injury were recruited between July 2018 and July 2019; 224 were allocated to

SUBMITTER: Jain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7614411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature