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matrixectomy

matrixectomy noun: a procedure making use of chemicals, surgery, cryotherapy or laser to remove all or part of the nail matrix, usually as a treatment for ingrown toenails.

Noun

matrixectomy (plural matrixectomies)

  1. A procedure making use of chemicals, surgery, cryotherapy or laser to remove all or part of the nail matrix, usually as a treatment for ingrown toenails.
    • CO₂ laser matrixectomy is often the procedure of choice for permanent, partial, or total nail ablation in the treatment of recurrent ingrown nails, pincer deformity, and recalcitrant onychomycosis. Chemical matrixectomy with either phenol, sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid is effective but causes...1990, Jeffrey S. Dover, Kenneth A. Arndt, Illustrated cutaneous laser surgery: a practitioner's guide, Appleton & Lange
    • General complications secondary to matrixectomy include regrowth (failure), tourniquet trauma causing a tendonitis or neuritis at the base of the toe, infection, and vascular embarrassment resulting in ulceration and gangrene.2005, Thomas J. Chang, The Foot and Ankle, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 12

Examples of matrixectomy in a sentence

  • CO₂ laser matrixectomy is often the procedure of choice for permanent, partial, or total nail ablation in the treatment of recurrent ingrown nails, pincer deformity, and recalcitrant onychomycosis.1990, Jeffrey S. Dover, Kenneth A. Arndt, Illustrated cutaneous laser surgery: a practitioner's guide, Appleton & Lange:
  • Other treatments with carbon dioxide laser are onychoplasty and matrixectomy for the treatment of ingrown toenails and laser surgical removal of the bone spurs by a bone-shaving technique.2006, Robert Splinter, Brett A. Hooper, An Introduction to Biomedical Optics, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 416:
  • Bandaging and postoperative wound care are similar to a partial matrixectomy.2012, Selene G. Parekh, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Jaypee Brothers Publishers, →ISBN, page 173:
  • Debride the area of any loose nail fragments or hyperkeratotic tissue with the forceps. matrixectomy.2015, Theresa M. Campo, DNP, RN, FNP-C, ENP-BC, FAANP, Keith A Lafferty, MD, Essential Procedures for Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care...

Forms of matrixectomy

pluralmatrixectomies
alternative formmatricectomy

Origin of matrixectomy

From matrix + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with matrixectomy

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Questions about matrixectomy

What does matrixectomy mean?
Matrixectomy means a procedure making use of chemicals, surgery, cryotherapy or laser to remove all or part of the nail matrix, usually as a treatment for ingrown toenails.
How do you use matrixectomy in a sentence?
CO₂ laser matrixectomy is often the procedure of choice for permanent, partial, or total nail ablation in the treatment of recurrent ingrown nails, pincer deformity, and recalcitrant onychomycosis.
What part of speech is matrixectomy?
Matrixectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of matrixectomy?
The plural of matrixectomy is matrixectomies.

Words near matrixectomy in the dictionary

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  5. matrixectomies
  6. matrixectomy
  7. matrixed
  8. matrixes
  9. matrixial
  10. matrixin
  11. matrixing

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