Toenail resection

This month, check out the final minor surgery video—”Onychocryptosis: Wedge Resection”—from the Élisabeth Bruyère Family Medicine Centre in Ottawa, Ont. The video reviews the equipment, technique, and postoperative care required for this procedure. In this month’s Praxis article ( page 1561), the Vandenbos procedure—an alternative treatment for onychocryptosis—is described.

The video “Onychocryptosis: Wedge Resection” is available at www.cfp.ca. Go to this article on-line, then click on CFPlus in the menu at the top right-hand side of the page.

Past minor surgery procedure videos can be accessed on-line at www.cfp.ca. On the homepage, click on Collections in the left-hand menu, then click on Video Series.

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Onychocryptosis: wedge resection

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