Wedge excision of the nail fold in the treatment of ingrown toenail

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 617-620

  Persichetti, Paolo ^a   Simone, Pierfranco ^a   Li Vecchi, Giancarlo ^a   Di Lella, Filippo ^a   Cagli, Barbara ^a   Marangi, Giovanni Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAIL PLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAIL; NAIL FOLD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEDGE EXCISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, INGROWN; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542556028     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000095436.08812.67     Document Type: Article

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