TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Subungual Foreign Body Removal A1 - Clinton, Ginger A1 - Haamid, Ameera A1 - Bowman, Steven H. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Subungual foreign bodies are often difficult to treat. Foreign bodies (e.g., hair, metal splinters, pencil lead, spines, thorns, and wood) may become lodged beneath the fingernail.1-3 Tradesmen (e.g., auto mechanics, carpenters, landscapers, and metal workers) who work without hand protection with materials that produce small splinters are at risk for this type of injury. Subungual foreign bodies may present less commonly under the toenails. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159803454 ER -