title: A new treatment for parrot beak deformity of the toe.
abstract: Two cases of congenital parrot beak deformity of the toe were treated by pushing back the nail plate, nailbed, matrix, and proximal skin fold in one piece as a flap. The proximal skin portion of this flap was deepithelialized to facilitate this shift, and thus no dog-ear deformity was produced. The distal skin defect of the pulp was covered by a palmar advancement flap. This method does not require augmentation of the fingertip or toetip and is very useful for correcting parrot beak deformities of the toes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Isshiki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009262:Nails / Q000601:surgery; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*