Brief reportSubungual hematoma: Association with occult laceration requiring repair
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2021, Hand ClinicsCitation Excerpt :Subungual hematomas are common after a crush injury to the fingertip, and the provider must determine the utility of nail plate removal and repair of a possible nail bed laceration. Typical risk factors for a clinically significant nail bed laceration that may guide nail plate removal in adults, such as increasing size of hematoma or distal phalanx fracture,20 have not been universally observed in children. Most children treated with observation or trephination for hematoma evacuation without nail bed repair generally do not develop clinically significant nail plate deformity.19,21,22
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2018, Hand Surgery and RehabilitationCitation Excerpt :Some authors have questioned the dogma of repairing the nail bed and consider that suturing it may aggravate the lesions due to the passage of the suture needle, crushing caused by the forceps, and excessive tightening of the suture points [16,17]. In the presence of a subungual hematoma without detachment of the nail plate, some authors proposed removing the plate, cleaning and eventually suturing the nail bed [18]. Others believe that the simple trephination without exploration of the nail bed is sufficient to prevent nail dystrophy [2,19].