Sir, Injury to the fingertip or toe often results in a subungual haematoma. Some of these patients, and we do not know the exact proportion, wil have sustained a fracture of the terminal phalanx. If the haematoma is painful, the usual treatment is to trephine the nail.' Presumably this converts a closed fracture (if present) to a compound one. This being the case, it seems possible that trephin...

OBJECTIVES To determine the outcome of treating subungual haematomas by simple trephining, in terms of nail appearance and function, and to identify factors associated with a poor outcome. METHODS Patients with subungual haematomas attending an accident and emergency department over a 12 month period were identified; 5-13 months after injury a telephone and postal survey of patient's assessme...

Periostotomy Linear osteotomy Drilling Trephining Evacuation of Periosteal or Epiphyseal Abscess Of Chronic bone abscess Seqestrotomy or Resection, etc., of? Upper jaw Lower jaw Other bones of head Clavicle Scapula Humerus Radius Ulna Carpus and mctacarpus .. Phalanges Sternum Ribs Spine Sacrum Ilium Femur Patella Tibia Fibula Os calcis Other tarsal and metatarsal Other unclassified bone operat...