Finger fractures are also common with this type of injury. If you have a nail bed avulsion, your nail will have to be removed if it hasn’t come off during the injury. There are also nail bed ...

When an avulsion is more severe, a surgeon may use reconstructive techniques, such as grafting. Many nail bed injuries are minor, and a person can treat them at home. Others require prompt medical ...

Avulsion wounds of the skin are typically a severe type of skin injury. These wounds often require surgery to repair. While the treatment and care of avulsion wounds will depend on how severe the ...

This is called an avulsion fracture ... The AAOS notes that this can indicate a wound in the nail bed or an open fracture, either of which can increase the risk of infection.

Protect any exposed part of the nail bed for 7 to 10 days until this skin hardens and isn't sensitive anymore. Coat the area with antibiotic ointment and top with a nonstick bandage. Change the ...

Kurtis Rourke injury update: IU football QB Kurtis Rourke has surgery on injured thumb, may be back for Michigan State “They probably had to do what's called a nail bed surgical repair ...

Nail bed injuries in children are very common. The subject of an information campaign by BAPRAS (British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons) in 2017 to prevent injury ...

Pat Kersey, a sports medicine doctor at Ascension St. Vincent, is based in Carmel and has been following Rourke’s injury since it ... the aspects of having a nail bed kind of pulled off, removed ...