*Professor and Head, **Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery and Allied Specialties, PK DAS Institute of Medical Sciences, Vaniyamkulam, Kerala 682522, India. ***Student, Dept. of Surgery, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thrissur, Kerala 680555, India.
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There are conditions where the nail may be lost. The cosmetic importance of nail is very clear in this case of finger reconstruction. There are may methods to camouflage the defect with synthetic nails and materials. But once own nail can be harvested and used as free graft in reconstructed fingers. With one example the possibility is described.
Keywords : Reconstructed Finger; Nail Graft; Harvesting Nail Graft.
Corresponding Author : P.R. Venugopal, Professor and Head, Dept. of Surgery and Allied Specialties, PK DAS Institute of Medical Sciences, Vaniyamkulam, Kerala 682522, India.