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Nail Surgery Flashcards

1
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The fingers and toes have paired sensory volar and dorsal digital nerves.

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T

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2
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The dorsal nerves reach the distal phalanx of only the 2nd-4th digits.

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F 1st and 5th only.

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The distal nail bed attaches to the dorsal aspect of the processus unguicularis, a horshoe shaped rough bone excrescence at the tip of the distal phalanx.

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T

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The interosseous ligaments attach to the lateral spines of the processus unguicularis.

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T

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5
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The germinative part of the nail unit is the cuticle and eponychium.

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F Matrix and nail bed.

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6
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the distal or ventral matrix is the most proximal portion of the nail bed epithelium.

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T

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7
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The nail bed extends from the matrix to the onychodermal band.

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T

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8
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The nail plate is the product of the nail bed.

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F Product of nail matrix.

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9
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Blood glucose levels are unimportant in diabetic patients undergoing toenail surgery.

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F Need to be well controlled prior to toe surgery.

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10
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2-3mL of plain 2% lignocaine or prilocaine can be used per digit when performing a proximal digital block.

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T

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11
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Splinting of the finger may be indicated after complex nail surgery

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T

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12
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After nail surgery, it is not necessary to elevate the extremity.

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F Should elevate for two days.

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13
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A transthecal block is performed from the dorsal crease of the MCP joint.

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F Volar crease.

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14
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In a distal wing block, the injection points are distal to the DIP joint creases.

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T

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15
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There is a general rule that the more superficial a nail change is, the more proximal the pathogenic process must be.

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T

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16
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Nail clippings do not need to contain subungual hyperkeratosis.

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F Should contain as much as possible.

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17
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Clippings performed for H&E give almost double the rate of positives compared to mycological culture.

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T

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18
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A lateral longitudinal nail biopsy is appropriate for all diagnostic purposes, provided the nail pathology is in the lateral portion of the nail apparatus.

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T

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19
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In a lateral longitudinal nail biopsy, a straight longitudinal incision starting at the distal crease of the DIP joint is carried to the tip about 2mm centrally from the lateral nail plate margin, and a second incision parallel to the first one along the lateral nail margin in the depth of the nail groove.

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T

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20
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The lateral fold should be included in a longitudinal nail biopsy.

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F

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21
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Matrix biopsies are the most important for most nail diseases.

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T

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22
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A superficial matrix biopsy is unhelpful for diagnosing longitudinal melanonychia.

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F

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23
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There will be no post-operative nail dystrophy after a superficial matrix biopsy, provided the biopsy is less than 1mm thick.

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T

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24
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Biopsies of the proximal nail fold can be performed as a 2mm punch or as a narrow wedge with its base being at the free margin of the nail fold.

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T

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25
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Distal nail avulsion is the classical method of nail avulsion.

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T

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26
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During maneuvers in distal nail avulsion, the blunt tip of the elevator points away from the nail plate.

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F Always points to the nail plate.

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27
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Distal nail avulsion is less traumatic than proximal nail avulsion.

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F

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28
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Proximal nail avulsion is particularly useful when there is thick sunbungual hyperkeratosis.

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T

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29
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Repeated nail avulsion causes thickening and overcurvature of the nail plate or nail dystrophy.

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T

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30
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Matricectomy is the complete removal of the germinal matrix.

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T

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31
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Nail ablation is definitive extirpation of the entire nail organ.

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T

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32
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Matricectomy can be performed with surgery or adjunctive phenolisation, electroradiosurgery or carbon dioxide laser.

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T

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33
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With total nail ablation, the incision is made just inferior to the hyponychium.

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F Down to bone.

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34
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Large nail haematomas do not require any further investigation prior to treatment.

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F x-rays are mandatory.

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35
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After trauma the nail plate is removed for appropriate examination of the mail bed and matrix, cleansed and stored under sterile conditions

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T

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36
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Wet gauze only should be used to clean blood from the nail bed and matrix after nail trauma

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F Sometimes 3% hydrogen peroxide is needed for cleaning

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37
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Approximately 20% of severe nail bed injuries have an accompanying fracture.

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F 50%

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38
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Common sequelae of trauma of trauma on onycholysis, split mail, ptertgium, various nail dystrophies, hook nail and malalignment

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T

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39
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Foreign bodies under the nail plate are generally not painful

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F Intense pain.

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40
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Tetanus prophylaxis should be considered if wooden splinters are lodged under the nail plate.

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T

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41
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Periodical clipping of the gryphotic nail is often adequate to keep it under control.

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T Can perform warm foot bath to soften nail, or use 40% urea, 50% KI ointment.

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42
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Gryphotic nails tend to be firmly attached to the nail bed.

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F Loosely attached.

43
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Phenolisation is ineffective for avulsing a gryphotic nail.

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F Safest and easiest method.

44
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Nail avulsion with phenol involves vigorously rubbing liquefied phenol into the matrix and sulci for 2-3 minutes once the nail plate is removed.

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T

45
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Pain after nail avulsion with phenol is typically severe.

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F minimal

46
Q

Healing after nail avulsion with phenol takes 2-3 weeks.

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T Should do daily foot baths while healing.

47
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50% sodium hydroxide can be used as an alternative to phenol for nail avulsion of the gryphotic nail.

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F 10% sodium hydroxide.

48
Q

Nail spicules can occur if the lateral matrix horns are incompletely removed following surgical matricectomy.

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T

49
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The most successful treatment for pachyonychia congenita is vigorous curettage plus electrodessication of the matrix.

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T

50
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In pachyonychia congenita keratins 6a/16 and 6b/17 are present in the nail bed but not in the matrix

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T 6a/16 – PC of Jadassohn-Lewandowsky
6b/17 – PC of Jackson-Lawler
Therefore a nail plate has normal structure but overlies a huge nail bed hyperkeratosis

51
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In pachyonychia congenital the nail plate production has to be eliminated because the nail plate formed in a correct manner by the matrix cannon adhere to the pathological nail bed

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T

52
Q

Lateral longitudinal nail biopsies are used to narrow racket nails.

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T

53
Q

Ingrown toenails are most commonly seen in neonates, infants and the elderly. .

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F Adolescents and young adults

54
Q

Neonatal ingrown toenails should be treated aggressively.

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F Conservatively. Daily massage with lubricant.

55
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Neonatal ingrown toenails are due to a distal nail wall resulting from too short a nail plate.

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T

56
Q

Congenital hypertrophic lip of the hallux is characterised by a grossly hypertrophic medial nail fold

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T

57
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Congenital hypertrophic lip of the hallux tends to disappear spontaneously after several months.

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T

58
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Congenital malalignment of the great toenail refers to medial deviation of the long axis of the great toenail.

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F Lateral deviation.

59
Q

Ingrown toenails in adolescents occur due to a wide curved nail and a narrow nail bed.

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T

60
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In congenital malalignment of the great toenail, the malpositioned nail has no attachment with the nail bed.

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T

61
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In congenital malalignment of the great toenail if the nail reattaches it will take on a normal appearance and its axis will be normal

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F Axis will remain oblique

62
Q

Aside from its deviation, nails with congenital malalignment of the great toe nail otherwise appear normal.

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F Grayish-green discolouration, oyster-shell like appearance.

63
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Oncyholysis is most important for the prognosis of congenital malalignment of the great toenail.
.

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T

64
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Surgery is deemed necessary if there is no substantial improvement in congenital malalignment of the great toenail by the age of 2 years.

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T

65
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Repair of congenital malalignment of the great toenail involves performed a cresenteric rotation flap

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T

66
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Untreated nail malalignment inevitably will spontaneously resolve.

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F Develops into early onychogryphosis.

67
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The mechanisms responsible for formation of a juvenile ingrown nail all lead to a relative compression of the tip of the toe, so that the distal end of the nail has no more room and grows into the lateral nail folds.

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T

68
Q

There are three clinical stages of a juvenile ingrown toenail: 1. Erythema, oedema, pain on pressure 2. Infection and drainage 3. Granulation tissue and lateral nail wall hypertrophy.

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T

69
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For the adolescent-type ingrown nail, surgical avulsion of the nail alone has a cure rate of 70%.

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F Recurrence rate of 70%.

70
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Phenol cautery should not be used for treating adolescent-type ingrown nails due to its high recurrence rate.

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F Has very low recurrence rate.

71
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A distal wall is commonly the consequence of avulsion of the big toenail or when it was cut very short for too long a time.

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T

72
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Surgical treatment of a distal nail wall involves a fish mouth incision parallel to the distal groove around the tip of the toe.

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T

73
Q

Treatment for retronychia is generally conservative.

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F Nail avulsion by proximal approach.

74
Q

Pincer nails are characterised by transverse overcurvature increasing distally along the longitudinal axis of the nail.

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T

75
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The pain associated with a pincer nail is usually unbearable.

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F Surprisingly mild.

76
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Pincer nails can either have symmetrical or asymmetrical involvement.

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T

77
Q

Surgical treatment of a pincer nail is aimed at flattening it.

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T

78
Q

If acute paronychia does not improve after 2 days of treatment with antibiotics, surgical treatment is necessary.

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T The nail matrix of children can be destroyed within 48 hrs of acute bacterial infection.

79
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Acute paronychia involves removal of the distal one-third of the nail.

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F Proximal.

80
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Chronic paronychia is usually painful

.

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F

81
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Chronic paronychia manifests with retraction of the perionychial tissue, detachement of the nail from the overlying thickened nail fold, and loss of the cuticle.

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T

82
Q

Viral warts are the most common reactive tumours of the nail apparatus

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T

83
Q

Cryotherapy of nail warts should be performed at 6 weekly intervals.

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F Weekly or biweekly.

84
Q

Excision of ungual fibrokeratomas should be carried out around its base down to the bone.

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T

85
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Subungual exostoses are commonly seen on the distal medial aspect of the terminal phalanx of the great toe.

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T But may occur at any other digit.

86
Q

Myxoid cysts generally occur in the absence of any bone pathology.

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F Assoc with degenerative OA of the DIP joint.

87
Q

There are no methods of determining whether a myxoid cyst is attached to the distal interphalangeal joint.

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F Intra-articular injection of methylene blue will show connection.

88
Q

Epidermoid carcinoma (IEC and SCC) is the most frequent malignant nail tumour.

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F Second most frequent. Melanoma is most frequent.

89
Q

Epidermoid carcinoma of the nail can present as longitudinal melanonychia.

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T

90
Q

Metastases are common from epidermoid carcinomas of the nail.

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F Rare.

91
Q

Carcinoma cauniculatum is a variant of verrucous carcinoma that rarely occurs under the nail. It should be excised with Mohs due to the high risk of metastasis.

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F Almost never metastasizes, but everything else is true.

92
Q

Unugual melanomas are always pigmented.

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F 66-75% are pigmented.

93
Q

Amputation of the digit in cases of ungual melanomas is associated with better survival rates.

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F Conservatively operated pts have longer disease-free survival times.

94
Q

The treatment of unugual melanomas should also include sentinel lymph node biopsy.

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F No unanimous opinion on this.

95
Q

The classical repair of a split nail is excision of the scar and meticulous repair.

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T

96
Q

Matrix grafting is the treatment of choice for wide nail splits and most cases of pterygium.

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T

97
Q

In nail surgery, tourniquets can be left on up to a maximum of 30 minutes.

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F 20 minutes.

98
Q

Pain after nail surgery is common and may sometimes be excruciating

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T

99
Q

Pain after nail surgery typically develops after 24-48hrs.

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F This is suspicious for an infection.

100
Q

Pain starting 10 days or longer after nail surgery is suspicious for reflex sympathetic dystrophy and requires intensive treatment to prevent it from becoming chronic.

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T

101
Q

Necrosis can occur after nail surgery if the sutures are too tight and not removed in time.

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T

102
Q

Stiffening of the distal interphalangeal joint after nail surgery is uncommon.

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F Common – pts should hold finger in physiologic flexion.

103
Q

The classical split nail repair is excision of the scar and meticulous repair. A narrow strip of nail is avulsed over the split, leaving the lateral portions attaches to the matrix and nail bed

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T Great toe nail may be a superior donor site

104
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In repair of matrix defects in the case of a pterygium the depth of the proximal groove is recreated

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T

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