Nail Surgery Techniques

Integrated Cadaveric Nail Surgery Course Improves Self-Assessed Knowledge and Competency of Dermatologists

“…Therefore, different practical training methods in addition to patient-based ones are needed to improve nail surgery skills. For this purpose, well-known methods like cadaver models [9,13] or recently described new models, such as flexible soft plastic mannequin hands [14] or banana models [15], can be used. Fresh-frozen cadavers have many advantages, including realistic tissue properties, flexibility, minimal tissue change, and realistic color [16].…”

“…Two of the dermatology faculty members for the course examined the previous literature and developed pre-and post-course questionnaires according to the study content, as there is no previously validated questionnaire [4,9]. Two other dermatology faculty members checked and tested the questionnaires.…”

“…Hare and Rich [2] have emphasized that dermatologists are not at the desired level in nail surgery and suggested various methods to narrow the educational gap, including lectures at medical meetings, live surgery demonstrations, and cadaver dissections. Although several studies evaluating the role of cadaveric training have been conducted in many other surgical branches [7,8], nail surgery education for dermatologists using cadavers is poorly studied [9]. In this study, we aimed to assess the effectiveness of a nail surgery course consisting of lectures and hands-on training on fresh-frozen cadavers with a questionnaire targeting all levels of dermatologists willing to deepen their knowledge of nail surgery.…”

Cryotherapy With Splash Guard Protection

“…Although previous work has shown the short-term beneficial effect of hands-on nail surgery cadaver teaching sessions, 5 the work by Stiff and colleagues demonstrates continued benefits of hands-on nail surgical cadaver instruction at 60 days after the educational event. Future work could include determining whether such continued benefits are maintained at later time points and whether such educational sessions change practice behavior with increased nail surgical procedures in one's dermatology practice.…”

Hands-On Nail Surgery Workshop Leads to Sustained Improvement in Comfort With Nail Surgery

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D ata on the short-term effects of hands-on procedural workshops have been reported, but data on the long-term effects are limited. 1,2 Many physicians are uncomfortable doing nail procedures. This discomfort is likely because of a combination of factors, such as potential for scarring, lack of knowledge of the nail unit anatomy, lack of experience, and perception of increased time required to perform nail procedures.

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