Performing cryotherapy on onychogryphotic nails before nail trimming

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Aug;75(2):e69-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.01.047.

Authors

Ting-Hua Yang¹, Hsiou-Hsin Tsai²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Dermatology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: tsaihh2000@yahoo.com.tw.

PMID: 27444094
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.01.047

No abstract available

Keywords: cryotherapy; liquid nitrogen; nail avulsion; nail plier; nail trimming; onychogryphosis.

MeSH terms

Cryotherapy*
Humans
Nail Diseases / therapy*
Nails, Malformed / therapy*