Nail Therapies - Current Clinical Practice

A succinct guide to treatment options, both medical and surgical, for both disorders and injuries of the nail.

List of contents

Anatomy and physiology of the nail unit * Psoriasis * Onychomycosis * Novel and emerging pharmacotherapy and device-based treatments for onychomycosis * Lichen planus * Onychotillomania (onychophagia, habit tic, median canaliform onychodystrophy) * Eczema * Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau * Herpes simplex (herpetic whitlow, herpetic paronychia) * Acute paronychia * Chronic paronychia * Warts * Yellow nail syndrome * Onycholysis * Nail fragility and beautification * Nail prostheses * Nail pigmentation * How to prevent and treat chemotherapy-induced nail abnormalities * Intralesional nail therapies * Drug side effects on the distal phalanx * Classical nail surgery and removal of the proximal nail fold * Surgery of some common nail tumors * Nail surgery complications * The painful nail * Radiation and the nail

About the author

Robert Baran, MD Honorary Professor, University of Franche-Comté; Nail Disease Center, Cannes, France
Dimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD Professor of Dermatology-Venereology, School of Health Sciences,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Chander Grover, MD, DNB, MNAMS Professor of Dermatology, University College of Medical Sciences
and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Eckart Haneke, MD Dermatology Practice Dermaticum, Freiburg, Germany; Centro de Dermatología Epidermis, Instituto CUF, Porto, Portugal; Kliniek voor Huidziekten, Universitair Ziekenhuis, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Dermatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Summary

A succinct guide to treatment options, both medical and surgical, for both disorders and injuries of the nail.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Rigopoulos Baran, Chander Grover, Eckart Haneke, Dimitris Rigopoulos
• Assisted by: Robert Baran (Editor), Baran Robert (Editor), Chander Grover (Editor), Grover Chander (Editor), Eckart Haneke (Editor), Haneke Eckart (Editor), Dimitris Rigopoulos (Editor), Rigopoulos Dimitris (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780367334789
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33478-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Dermatology, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Dermatology, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics