Pincer Nail Deformity: Clinical Characteristics, Causes, and Managements

Figure 6

(a) The nail height and width are marked with arrows (height to width ratio 0.833). (b) The hatched area was ground and removed. The gray highlighted portion was slightly ground and bonded with 0.012-inch thick superelastic nickel-titanium wire. (c) One month later, the height to width ratio was 0.25 and the wire was still maintained on the plate [30].

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