Surgical Site Infections Are Uncommon Following Nail Biopsies in a Single Center Case-Control Study of 502 Patients

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 May 14:S0190-9622(24)00749-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.05.017. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Eden Axler¹, Angela Lu², Megan Darrell², Ole Vielemeyer³, Shari R Lipner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Dermatology, 1305 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021.
² Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461.
³ Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065.
⁴ Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Dermatology, 1305 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021. Electronic address: shl9032@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 38754627
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.05.017

No abstract available

Keywords: Nail biopsy; nail matrix biopsy; nail surgery; nail surgery infection; risk factor; shave biopsy; surgical site infection.