title: Nail surgery: practical tips and treatment options.
abstract: This paper provides an introductory overview of nail surgery, including basic principles, anesthesia, wound dressings, and several common nail procedures. In detail, it reviews how to achieve complete anesthesia and hemostasis, perform matrix injection, punch biopsy of the plate, bed, and matrix, and nail fold biopsy, with practical tips and suggested surgical indications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA. winenut15@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nathaniel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Jellinek
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D009262:Nails / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*