How low should you go: Novel device for nail trephination

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 828-833

  Ciocon, David ^a   Gowrishankar, T R ^b   Herndon, Terry ^b   Kimball, Alexa B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Path Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NAIL BED; NAIL TREPHINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744931396     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32168.x     Document Type: Article

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