Nail Therapies: Current Clinical Practice

Edited by

Robert Baran, MD Honorary Professor, University of Franche-Comt ; Nail Disease Center, Cannes, France

Dimitris Rigopoulos, MD, PhD Professor of Dermatology-Venereology, School of Health Sciences,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Chander Grover, MD, DNB, MNAMS Professor of Dermatology, University College of Medical Sciences
and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India; Department of Dermatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland

Eckart Haneke, MD Dermatology Practice Dermaticum, Freiburg, Germany; Centro de Dermatolog a Epidermis, Instituto CUF, Porto, Portugal; Kliniek voor Huidziekten, Universitair Ziekenhuis, Ghent, Belgium

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