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Congenital malalignment of the big toe‐nail as a cause of ingrowing toe‐nail in infancy. Pathology and treatment (a study of thirty cases)
Author(s) -
BARAN ROBERT,
BUREAU HENRY
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1983.tb01831.x
Subject(s) - nail (fastener) , medicine , dermatology , nail plate , university hospital , general surgery , surgery , psoriasis , materials science , metallurgy
Summary Ingrowing toe‐nails in children and adults cause a considerable degree of morbidity. Much has been written about the treatment but very little attention has been paid to the basic anatomical and pathological factors causing the phenomenon. We wish to report thirty cases in which congenital malalignment of the nail apparatus is the basic abnormality. In this condition the nail plate is deviated laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the distal phalanx. We have devised a simple operation which corrects the deformity and prevents subsequent ingrowing and the hemionychogryphosis which is often the long‐term problem in untreated cases.