3.2 | Patients’ opinion about the procedure
When the patients were asked their opinion about nail surgery, 30,6% of the patient stated that they worried about the intervention, 29,2% were afraid of pain during/after surgery, 32,7% were afraid of any problem during surgery, 26,5% were afraid of the risk of infection, 28,6% were afraid of bleeding, 39,6% had aesthetics concern, 70,8% were afraid of the recurrence of the disease. 47,8% of the patient stated that the needle was the most frightening issue before surgery.