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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 87-B, Issue 12, 1681-1683.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B12.16819  
Copyright © 2005 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Major complications of minor surgery

A REPORT OF TWO CASES OF CRITICAL ISCHAEMIA UNMASKED BY TREATMENT FOR INGROWN NAILS

M. Toybenshlak, MD, Senior Registrar1; O. Elishoov, MD, Consultant in Orthopaedics1; E. London, DPM, MSc, Consultant in Podiatry1; I. Akopnick, MD, Consultant in Vascular Surgery2; and E. D. Leibner, MD, PhD, Consultant in Orthopaedics1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, P. O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91 120, Israel.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr E. D. Leibner; e-mail: leibner{at}hadassah.org.il

We describe two patients in whom poor healing after chemical ablation for ingrown toenails unmasked significant vascular disease of the lower extremities. We have found no similar reports in the English language literature.




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Major complications of minor surgery
Avadhoot Prakash Kantak
J Bone Joint Surg Br Online, 30 Jan 2006 [Full text]

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