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Ingrown Toenails

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Ingrown toenails are a painful, relatively common condition impacting activities and quality of life. Proper nail cutting, and foot hygiene are important preventative measures, but only have a small part to play once marked nail fold hypertrophy has developed. There is a high rate of recurrent problems even following surgical intervention.

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  1. Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK

    Alison M. Campbell

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  1. Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK

    Prasad P. Godbole

  2. Pediatric Urology, The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA

    Duncan T. Wilcox

  3. Pediatric Urology, M-299, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Martin Koyle

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Campbell, A.M. (2020). Ingrown Toenails. In: Godbole, P., Wilcox, D., Koyle, M. (eds) Guide to Pediatric Urology and Surgery in Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24730-0_27

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24730-0_27

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