A new anatomical repair method for the treatment of ingrown nail: Prospective comparison of wedge resection of the matrix and partial matricectomy followed by lateral fold advancement flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-311

  Çöloǧlu, Harun ^a,b   Koçer, Uǧur ^a   Sungur, Nezih ^a   Uysal, Afşin ^a   Kankaya, Yüksel ^a   Oruç, Melike ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Mürsel Uluç Mah 9 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flap; Ingrown nail; Matricectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL FOLD ADVANCEMENT FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRICECTOMY; NAIL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEDGE MATRIX RESECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, INGROWN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 14044277604     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000148204.45324.1e     Document Type: Article

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