Different Numbers of Long-Pulse 1064-nm Nd-YAG Laser Treatments for Onychomycosis: A Pilot Study
Table 2
Patients' characteristics.
Variable
Group A ()
Group B ()
Group C ()
Age (years)
50.40 ± 12.5
47.00 ± 10.89
49.03 ± 9.96
0.308
Duration of disease (years)
2.73 ± 1.22
2.39 ± 1.09
2.80 ± 1.51
0.338
Gender, (%)
0.949
Male
11 (33.3%)
13 (33.3%)
11 (36.7%)
Female
22 (66.7%)
26 (66.7%)
19 (63.3%)
Total number of infected nails, n
155
175
112
Nail thickness (mm)
0.008
<1
123 (79.4%)
159 (90.9%)a
92 (82.1%)b
1–2
32 (20.6%)
16 (9.1%)a
20 (17.9%)b
Mean laser energy (J/cm2)
292.05 ± 13.83
283.14 ± 12.96a
289.77 ± 18.13
<0.001
Location of infected nails, (%)
0.014
Fingernail
17 (11.0%)
39 (22.3%)a
15 (13.4%)
Toenail
138 (89.0%)
136 (77.7%)a
97 (86.6%)
Severity of infected nails, (%)
0.908
II
75 (48.4%)
88 (50.3%)
57 (50.9%)
III
80 (51.6%)
87 (49.7%)
55 (49.1%)
Clinical type of onychomycosis, (%)
0.002
DLSO
108 (69.7%)
103 (58.9%)a
79 (70.5%)a,b
WSO
20 (12.9%)
26 (14.9%)a
3 (2.7%)a,b
PSO
9 (5.8%)
6 (3.4%)a
3 (2.7%)a,b
TDO
18 (11.6%)
40 (22.9%)a
27 (24.1%)a,b
Group A: four sessions; Group B: eight sessions; Group C: 12 sessions. DLSO: distal lateral subnail onychomycosis; WSO: white superficial onychomycosis; PSO: proximal subnail onychomycosis; TDO: total dystrophy onychomycosis. a, vs. group A; b, vs. group B.
