title: Diagnostic and therapeutic nail surgery.
abstract: The function of the nail unit is as a protective covering over the dorsal distal end of the digit. Some basic disease processes affecting the nail unit and the surgical techniques used for diagnosis and treatment are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Roenigk
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009262:Nails / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*