Satish S Savant.
Nail Surgery.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;10(2):40-7.

Like other cutaneous structures, the nail too can be affected with various medical and surgical problems. Nail surgery has not been given much emphasis by dermatologists, who tend to refer patients with surgical problems to general surgeons. The broad objectives of nail surgery are to facilitate diagnosis (biopsy), alleviate pain, treat infections, correct deformities and remove local tumors. This article includes some common and simple surgeries like nail avulsion (distal and proximal), nail matrix biopsy, and lateral nail matrix phenolisation. This is a review article.

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