title: The repair of nail deformities with the nonvascularized nail bed graft: indications and results.
abstract: Twenty-four cases of nonvascularized nail bed grafting to correct nail deformities were reviewed. The highest success rate in improving the appearance of the deformed nail, 86%, was achieved when the split-thickness nail bed graft of sterile matrix was used to correct a nail deformity caused by a sterile matrix injury; the same procedure used to correct a nail deformity caused by a germinal matrix injury had a 0% success rate. Donor site morbidity occurred in 25% of split-thickness nail bed grafts and 100% of full-thickness nail bed grafts. The split-thickness nail bed graft of sterile matrix, if used in properly selected patients, will consistently improve the appearance of the deformed nail.
authors.affiliation: Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Louisville, Ky.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pessa
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Kleinert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009262:Nails / Q000637:transplantation*; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies