Nail Surgery

Question 1

What is the medical term for ingrown toenail?

Answer 1

onychocryptosis (abnormal incurvation of nail plate edges)

Question 2

Name some traumatic causes of ingrown toenail.

Answer 2

improper footwear
poor grooming habits
blunt trauma resulting in abnormal nail folds or nail spicules

Question 3

Name some biomechanical causes of ingrown toenail.

Answer 3

pronation
HAV
frontal plane malalignment

Question 4

Name some congenital causes of ingrown toenail.

Answer 4

hyperhidrosis
hypertrophic nail folds
phalanx shape

Question 5

name some systemic causes of ingrown toenail.

Answer 5

hemophilia
iron deficiency anemia 
pulmonary fibrosis
lymphedema
diabetes mellitus 
*all can cause nail changes that can increase incidence of an ingrown toenail

Question 6

what is the most common causative organism found in an ingrown toenail?

Answer 6

Staph