Table 2.

Postoperative outcomes at 2 weeks

	Nail replaced	Nail discarded
	(n = 30)	(n = 25)
Postoperative problem†	16	9
Dressing change required	8	9
Fever	1	0
Pain	7	0
Rash	1	0
Allergic reaction to dressing	0	1
Infection	1	1
Light‐headedness	0	1
Additional treatment‡	13	9
Analgesia	3	0
Oral antibiotics	1	1
Antihistamine	1	0
Antipyretics	1	0
Dressing change	8	9
Duration of antibiotics (days)*	7 (5–7)	7 (6–7)
Patient‐reported outcomes§
No pain before dressing change	23 of 24	16 of 24
No pain during dressing change	13 of 28	12 of 24

^*Values are median (i.q.r.).

^†Two participants in the nail‐replaced group had two problems, and one participant had two and one had three problems in the nail‐displaced group;

^‡one participant in both groups had two treatments.

^§Assessed using the Wong–Baker FACES^® Pain Rating Scale.