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Nail Surgery Overview and Approach

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Nail surgery represents a fundamental subset of dermatologic surgery. Nearly every cutaneous condition and tumor may develop on the nail unit – frequently the practitioner will find the need to perform a surgical procedure on or around the nail, for either diagnosis or as a part of therapy. Successful surgery requires an understanding of the unique nail anatomy, appropriate surgical consent, complete anesthesia, and often manipulation of the plate and/or nail folds to achieve adequate surgical exposure. When armed with tools that address these issues, nail surgery becomes as straightforward as that on the skin.

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  1. Dermatology Professionals, Inc., East Greenwich, RI, USA

    Nathaniel J. Jellinek

  2. Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Nathaniel J. Jellinek

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Nathaniel J. Jellinek

  4. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Ali Damavandy, Jeremy R. Etzkorn, Joseph F. Sobanko, Thuzar M. Shin & Christopher J. Miller

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  1. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam I. Rubin

  2. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Nathaniel J. Jellinek

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

    C. Ralph Daniel III

  4. Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Richard K. Scher

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Jellinek, N.J., Damavandy, A., Etzkorn, J.R., Sobanko, J.F., Shin, T.M., Miller, C.J. (2018). Nail Surgery Overview and Approach. In: Rubin, A.I., Jellinek, N.J., Daniel, C.R., Scher, R.K. (eds) Scher and Daniel’s Nails. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65649-6_33

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