Pediatric population is very vulnerable to nail bed injuries due to their inherent tendency to explore their surrounding environment. Among children, toddlers are the most common victims. Our study target was to see if a simple technique of meticulous repair of the injured nail bed would result in a very favorable outcome or not. All patients had the same technique of meticulous surgical repair under loupe magnification using interrupted stitches with vicyrl 6-0 suture, followed by replacement of nail plate to prevent adhesions and slab or metal splint application, based on the age of the child. All patients were found to have normal growth of nail plate without any deformity at 3-6 months' period post operatively.
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