Nail Therapies Current Clinical Practice | Medicine

Edited by Robert Baran MD Honorary Professor University of Franche-Comté; Nail Disease Center Cannes France Dimitris Rigopoulos MD Ph D 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 Sciencesand 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 |Nail Therapies Current Clinical Practice | Medicine