Understanding and Measuring Long-Term Outcomes of Fingertip and Nail Bed Injuries and Treatments.

Abstract

There are many outcome measures to choose from when caring for or studying fingertip and nail bed trauma and treatments. This article outlines general outcome measures principles as well as guidelines on choosing, implementing, and interpreting specific tools for these injuries. It also presents recent results from the literature for many of these measures, which can help learners, educators, and researchers by providing a clinical knowledge base and aiding study design.