OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical effectiveness of cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts. DESIGN A multicentre, open, two arm randomised controlled trial. SETTING University podiatry school clinics, NHS podiatry clinics, and primary care in England, Scotland, and Ireland. PARTICIPANTS 240 patients aged 12 years and over, with a plantar wart that in the opini...

Warts are benign proliferations of the skin and mucosa caused by an infection resulting from the human papilloma virus. Plantar warts (verruca plantaris) are known to be particularly difficult to treat and eradicate. We herein report a case of recalcitrant plantar warts that was successfully treated with the Chinese Herb E. ebracteolata Hayata.

Background: Plantar warts may be refractory to any form of treatment and are associated with pain and a decreased quality of life. There are very few randomized controlled studies that focuson the treatment of plantar warts. Cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) have been used in the treatment of this recalcitrant <s...

THE treatment of plantar warts is occupying an increasing proportion of the time of dermatological externs. In Northern Ireland attendances of patients suffering from plantar warts at dermatological externs increased from 1,081 in 1962 to 1,267 in 1966, a rise of 17.2 per cent. Many treatments have been used: 1. Thomson (1943) first described the treatment of plantar warts by using 3 per cent f...

BACKGROUND In the treatment of multiple warts, there is no single treatment that is 100% effective and different modalities of treatment need to be combined. AIM To evaluate the efficacy of homologous autoimplantation therapy in the treatment of multiple warts. METHODS A total of 60 patients of multiple verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar warts were enrolled. Homologous autoimplantation was ...

BACKGROUND Treatment of plantar warts represents a continuing challenge for dermatologists because many of the available therapeutic modalities are associated with unsatisfactory results and high recurrence rates. Several clinical trials have proved the efficacy of intralesional immunotherapy by different antigens in the treatment of different types of warts. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficac...

Question: In outpatients who present with new cutaneous warts, what is the efficacy of treatment with cryotherapy, topical salicylic acid, and a wait-and-see approach in leading to clearance of baseline lesions at 13 weeks? Design: Unblinded, randomized-controlled trial. Setting: Multipractice, 30 family practices from the Leiden Primary Care Research Network in the Netherlands. Patients: Patie...

Background: Think of all the different ways we treat warts and you have an overview of the stark fact that nothing works all that well. One common technique used especially in primary care is immunotherapy with Candida antigen. There have been literature reports of success also with mumps, Trichophyton, and tuberculin vaccines. Objective: To test the effectiveness of the use of measles/mumps/ru...

Background. Plantar warts are a common presenting skin complaint caused by the human papillomavirus. 1st line therapies include cryotherapy and topical salicylic acid. Where there is resistance to these treatments, consideration is made for 2nd line therapies, including intralesional bleomycin, imiquimod, 5-fluorouracil, and photodynamic therapy. We present a case of bilateral persistent planta...