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SURGERY CORNER Lateral longitudinal nail biopsy
Author(s) -
De Berker David Ar
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00500.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nail (fastener) , biopsy , surgery , punch biopsy , nail disease , radiology , complication , materials science , metallurgy
SUMMARY Lateral longitudinal nail biopsy is the gold standard of incisional nail biopsies. It can be obtained under local anaesthetic and requires normal biopsy instruments. Preoperative planning with the patient is important in order that they have realistic expectations of the therapeutic outcome and understand how to care for the wound in the postoperative period.