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. 2017 May 17;2017(5):CD004767. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004767.pub4

1. Treatment modalities and examples of references.

Treatment class Treatment modality Included studies Other studies
'Doing nothing' Awaiting natural resolution Olsen 2015; Takemura 1983
Placebo Antony 2001; Eichenfield 2005; Manchanda 1997b; Paller 2005a; Paller 2005b
Surgical treatments Cryotherapy Al‐Mutairi 2010 Barton 2002; Caballero 1996; Salmanpour 2006
Curettage Hanna 2006; Machado 2010 de Waard 1990; Simonart 2008
Curettage with punch Quan 2000
Electric cauterisation He 2001
Physical expression (squeezing) Weller 1999
Pricking Wishart 1903
Pulsed dye laser Hammes 2001
Topical treatments Acidified nitrite Ormerod 1999 Gräfe 2000
Adapalene Scheinfeld 2007
Australian lemon myrtle oil Burke 2004
Benzoyl peroxide Saryazdi 2004
Bromogeramine He 2001
Cantharidin Coloe Dosal 2014; Hanna 2006 Funt 1961; Funt 1979; Ross 2004; Silverberg 2000
Cidofovir Davies 1999; Toro 2000; Zabawski 1999
Diphencyprone Kang 2005; Kyu 1993
Griseofulvin Salmanpour 2006
Honey Holt 2015
Hydrogen peroxide cream Bigardi 2003; Semkova 2014
Hyperthermia Gao 2016
Imiquimod Al‐Mutairi 2010; Eichenfield 2005; Hanna 2006; Paller 2005a; Paller 2005b; Seo 2010; Theos 2004 Arican 2006; Barba 2001; Bayerl 2003; Hengge 2003; Lim 2003; Liota 2000; Metkar 2008; Skinner 2000; Skinner 2002; Syed 1998
Iodine Markum 2012
Iodine combined with tea tree oil Markum 2012
Milkweed Behl 1970
Povidone iodine plus salicylic acid Markum 2012; Ohkuma 1990
Phenol Leslie 2005 Weller 1999
Podophyllotoxin (HIV patients) Markos 2001; Syed 1994; Teilla‐Hamel 1996
Potassium hydroxide Bazza 2007; Machado 2010; Seo 2010; Short 2006; Uçmak 2013 Metkar 2008; Romiti 1999; Romiti 2000
Retinoic acid Hund 1975
Salicylic acid Hanna 2006; Leslie 2005; Ohkuma 1990
Salicylic acid combined with lactic acid Machado 2010
Salicylic acid combined with sodium nitrite Ormerod 1999
Silver nitrate Niizeki 1999
Tea tree oil Markum 2012
Tretinoin Saryazdi 2004
Yellow oxide of mercury Davis 1896
Systemic treatments Cimetidine Antony 2001 Cunningham 1998; Dohil 1996; Sharma 1998; Yasher 1999
Calcarea carbonica (homeopathy) Manchanda 1997b Manchanda 1997a
Griseofulvin Singh 1977
Combinations of above Potassium iodide followed by X‐rays Cope 1915