Ingrown nails or onychocryptosis

Ingrown nails come down to a conflict between the nail plate and the periungual tissue, causing pain, morbidity and impairment. The feet are mainly affected. The treatments are numerous: medical, podiatric, or surgical. Surgical management has two approaches: the techniques focused on the periungual...

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Published in:La Presse médicale (1983) 2014-11, Vol.43 (11), p.1230-1239
Main Author: Blatière, Véronique
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Anesthetics, Local
Humans
Nails - surgery
Nails, Ingrown - etiology
Nails, Ingrown - pathology
Nails, Ingrown - therapy
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods
Splints
Suture Techniques
Toes - surgery
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Summary:Ingrown nails come down to a conflict between the nail plate and the periungual tissue, causing pain, morbidity and impairment. The feet are mainly affected. The treatments are numerous: medical, podiatric, or surgical. Surgical management has two approaches: the techniques focused on the periungual skin and those on the nail plate. Among the latter, partial nail avulsion followed by matrix phenolization, known as "Boll's technique", is still highly regarded.
ISSN:2213-0276
DOI:10.1016/j.lpm.2014.09.002