Nail bed expansion: A new technique for correction of multiple isolated congenital micronychia.

Congenital micronychia may involve big toes or may involve other nails. The etiology of micronychia is not clear but amniotic bands, teratogens (drugs, alcohol), Nail Patella Syndrome etc. A 44-year-old woman with multiple isolated congenital micronychia over her hands and feet was selected.

A new surgical technique for the correction of pincer-nail deformity: combination of splint and nail bed cutting.

Background: Pincer nail is a kind of nail deformity characterized by a transverse overcurvature of the nail that increases along the longitudinal axis. Many conservative and surgical treatment modalities have been reported.

Purpose: Widening the nail bed and use of aspiration tube splint in pincer nail surgery.