Nail Surgery: Six Essential Techniques

Abstract

Successful nail surgery requires an understanding of specific disease processes, the anatomy of the nail unit, and fluency with only a few key techniques. This article focuses on 6 high-yield procedures, facility with which will allow the clinician to approach most of the clinical scenarios requiring surgical intervention. These encompass surgical approaches to inflammatory nail diseases, melanonychia, erythronychia, and nail melanoma in situ.

Keywords: Bed; En bloc excision; Matrix; Matrix shave; Nail; Nail melanoma; Nail surgery.