✦ LIBER ✦
Excision of the germinal matrix: A unified treatment for embedded toe-nail and onychogryphosis
✍ Scribed by A. W. Fowler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1958
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 571 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
This operation has not received the attention it merits. My experience of treating IOO toe-nails by excision of the germinal matrix has proved that, with a few exceptions, it provides an ideal treatment for both the embedded nail and onychogryphosis.
SURGICAL ANATOMY
The nail* is a horny plate of modified skin
The sides are parallel and the proximal The root of the nail is covered by epithelium. edge is concave.