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Nailing the Nail Biopsy: Surgical Instruments and Their Function in Nail Biopsy Procedures
Rachel C Hill1, Apostolos Katsiaunis1, Shari R Lipner1
1Rachel C. Hill is from Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York. Apostolos Katsiaunis is from Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lipner is from the Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York.
Abstract:
Nail surgeries, including nail biopsies (NBs), are performed relatively infrequently-perhaps due to dermatologists' unfamiliarity with nail unit anatomy and lack of formal NB training during residency. To address this educational gap, we sought to create a guide that details the surgical instruments used for the nail matrix tangential excision (shave) biopsy technique-the most common technique used in our nail specialty clinic.

