Abstract
Appropriate management of the acute fingertip and nail bed injury is critical for optimizing patient outcomes. Mismanaged injuries can lead to chronic pain and deformity. Subungual hematomas may be treated with simple trephination for pain relief. Nail bed lacerations may be repaired using dissolvable suture or octyl-2-cyanoacrylate, and in most cases with no need to replace the nail plate or stent the fold. Amputations, partial or complete, can be treated with a wide variety of techniques, but many distal injuries can be left to heal by secondary intention with excellent results.
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