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. 2022 Apr;43(4):590-592.
doi: 10.1177/10711007211053864. Epub 2021 Nov 8.

A Novel Approach to Pincer Nails

Ariel D Levine  1 , Dan Levi  1 , Aharon Liberson  1   2   3
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A Novel Approach to Pincer Nails

Ariel D Levine et al. Foot Ankle Int. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Girdlestone-Symes; Ingrown nail; Pincer nail; novel bony procedure; patient satisfaction.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. ICMJE forms for all authors are available online.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A 46-year-old man with a pincer nail.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
AP: an anterior-posterior representation of the distal phalanx of the big toe. LAT: a lateral representation of the distal phalanx of the big toe. In both cases, the red area represents the nail bed and the green area our operative cut. Such bone resection preserves phalanx length and accomplishes complete nail ablation [See online article for color figure.].
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Left: Distal phalanx following nail removal. Middle: Distal phalanx during modified terminal Symes amputation. Right: Big toe after suture (with drain).
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
A sample of our results over a year postsurgery.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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