| Conservative approaches for the treatment of ingrown toenails without infection include placing a cotton wisp, dental floss, or gutter splint (with or without acrylic nail) under the ingrown nail edge. | C | 12 |
| Oral antibiotics before or after phenolization do not decrease healing rates or postprocedure morbidity in the treatment of ingrown toenails. | B | 1 |
| Partial nail avulsion followed by phenolization or direct surgical excision of the nail matrix are equally effective in the treatment of ingrown toenails. | B | 16 |
| Compared with surgical excision of the nail without phenolization, partial nail avulsion combined with phenolization is more effective at preventing symptomatic recurrence of ingrown toenails, but has a slightly increased risk of postoperative infection. | B | 8 |