Olga López Ripado, Julia Villar Rodríguez, Esther Mingorance Álvarez, Ana Mª Pérez Pico, Agustín García Nogales, Raquel Mayordomo Acevedo
The toenail unit, commonly called the nail, is one of the most frequently examined and treated structures in clinical podiatry. Ultrasound is a standard clinical technique because it is a noninvasive, painless, and rapid diagnostic tool. The main objective of this study was to obtain morphometric data of the healthy toenail unit by ultrasound for clinical application. The nails of 76 participants (152 hallux nails; 38 men, 38 women, average age 26.83 ± 12.20) were examined using a VINNO E35 ultrasound system and an X6-16L linear probe with a frequency of 18 MHz...
February 14, 2024: Clinical Anatomy