Management of Ingrowing Nails
Treatment Scenarios and Practical Tips
Samenvatting
This book discusses all therapeutic options regarding ingrowing toenails, from conservative to surgery. No single technique is promoted, but a
rational approach according to the clinical presentation is proposed. The
authors have a wide experience in nail surgery and master all published
procedures. In this book they offer to the reader an algorithm of the
management of ingrowing nails, as there is no “cure-all” procedure.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
Tools.- Anesthesia.- Definition, Etiology, Classification.- Congenital Malalignment
Of The Great Toenail.- Hypertrophic Soft Tissues.- Juvenile Ingrowing Toenail.- Trapezoidal
Nail.- Plicated Nail.- Pincer Nail.- Anterior Embedding.- Retronychia.- Harpoon
Nail.- Conservative Treatment.- Abstention.- Taping.- Acrylic Nails.- Dental
Thread.- Compression.- Orthonyxia.- Surgical Treatment.- Classical Wedge
Resection (Emmert’s Procedure).- Curettage Of The Matrix.- Electrosurgery.- Radiocautery.-
Chemical Cautery.- Flattening The Nail Bed (Haneke’s Procedure + Fanti’s
Variant).- Resection Of Soft Tissues (Dubois’ Procedure).- Resection Of
Excess Soft Tissue (Super “U”).- Elevation Of The Lateral Part Of The Nail Bed
In Pincer Nail (Zook Procedure).- Synthesis.- Case Reports.