title: [Treatment of ingrown toenails. What is an "Emmert plasty"?].
abstract: In Germany,"Emmert plasty" is one of the terms most frequently used in daily surgical practice. It describes the wedge excision of nail fold, nail edge, and corresponding matrix for advanced stages of ingrown toenail in most standard textbooks of surgery but without direct reference to Emmert. The method, however,was apparently first described by the French military surgeon Baudens in 1850 and was strongly opposed by Emmert himself who propagated a pure soft tissue resection. This text gives a short historical review of the various treatment methods of ingrown toenails.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden. strammelt@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rammelt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grass
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zwipp
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009263:Nails, Ingrown / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014034:Toes / Q000601:surgery*