TY  - JOUR
T1  - A modification in the technic of operation for ingrown toe-nail
AU  - Winograd AM
Y1  - 1929/01/19
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.92700290001011
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 229
EP  - 230
VL  - 92
IS  - 3
N2  - One of the most painful and incapacitating conditions encountered in the field of minor surgery, which can be relieved with gratifying results by proper surgical treatment, is the ingrown toe-nail. I have had an opportunity to operate in a large number of such cases within the past year, chiefly in dispensary work, and to observe the patients during recovery. In the course of this work a modification from the usual operation was suggested, tried out in a series of cases, and found to be an improvement over the technic previously used.On reviewing the literature, one finds that surprisingly little work has been reported on ingrown toe-nails. Various palliative measures are suggested for the relief of pain, such as trimming the nail with insertion of a piece of cotton under the margin. Mickel1 introduces a piece of gauze soaked in celluloid solution under the ingrowing part of the nail and
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.92700290001011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.92700290001011
ER  -