Nail Therapies Current Clinical Practice 2Ed (Pb 2021)

Edited by

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

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

From reviews of the first edition:
"This is a book about nail therapies that is relevant clinically while remaining a manageable size. It would be a useful tool for all clinicians managing nail disease, from the trainee to those embarking on a clinic dedicated to nail disease." Br J Dermatol

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