Abstract
20 patients who all had two pathological nail conditions underwent two avulsions with phenolization identical in technique except that one was irrigated with alcohol following the application of phenol and the other was not. Following the procedures all patients were seen at short and regular intervals at which time wound exudate was tested for the presence of phenol. Phenol was shown to remain in the tissues for a wide range of time in both groups. When the results were subjected to statistical analysis no significant difference was found between the two methods. These findings indicate that irrigation with alcohol can have only a superficial effect in flushing phenol from the tissues and has no proven value.
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