PINCER NAIL - CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT BY A TTACHMENT OF PLASTIC BRACES

Authors
EFFENDY I OSSOWSKI B HAPPLE R
Citation
I. Effendy et al., PINCER NAIL - CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT BY A TTACHMENT OF PLASTIC BRACES, Hautarzt, 44(12), 1993, pp. 800-802
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Hautarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178470
Volume
44
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
800 - 802
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8470(1993)44:12<800:PN-CTB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In three women, pincer nail deformity of the big toes was successfully treated by means of commercially available plastic braces. The nail p late was first flattened with an electrically driven dermatological gr inder, and pliant braces were then stuck transversely on the nail plat e to counteract the overcurvature. Within 3-6 months the nail growth w as normalized in two cases and almost completely normalized in the thi rd.