Home > courses > incisional nail surgery Incisional Nail Surgery Fri 14th Feb 9:00 - 17:00 Postgraduate Education Centre City Hospital, Nottingham, NG7 2UH. Members: £495, NON-Members: £595 Maximum 12 delegates Open to podiatrists ONLY. This is a practical training course using cadaver foot and ankle. Whilst the majority of cases of onychocryptosis can be successfully dealt with by either conservative means or phenol ablation and alternative methods of matrical ablation including laser, there remain the recalcitrant cases. Frequently, profound granuloma can become organised leading to repetitive penetration of the nail margin, hence chronic onychocryptosis. Classically, this would be treated in a hospital under a general anaesthetic and required an overnight stay. Although the Care Quality Commission have approved incisional nail surgery carried out by suitably qualified podiatrists in their own practices, traditionally, the only way to learn the techniques has been for the practitioner to attach themselves to a colleague already utilising the procedures. About the Course Now the Institute of Podiatrists is proud to offer a ‘hands-on’ course using fresh human cadaveric feet. The course will include lectures, and demonstrations, will deal with consent, pre and post-operative information and will be heavily weighted to practical experience of techniques, incision placement and suturing focusing on Winograd partial excision with partial matrixectomy, Frost partial excision with partial matrixectomy and Zadeks total excision with matrixectomy. Course Schedule 09.00 Registration and coffee 09.15 Course opening 09.30 Nail Anatomy and Pathology (rapid PowerPoint with particular reference to IGT) 10.00 Revision of LA and Antibiotic Tx 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Suture science including different materials, techniques demonstration via CC TV 11.30 Practical suture practice on gauze / analogues by students , supervised 12.30 Incisional nail surgery techniques, discussion, demonstration by tutor on Cadaver 13.15 Lunch 14.00 Incision and Closure student practice on Cadavers, supervised 16.00 Post operative dressings and care 16.30 Q&A, Certification and optional reflective logbooks Tutor Bill Liggins trained at the Birmingham School of Chiropody and started his career as a private practitioner, additionally carrying out sessions in the Midlands NHS. Now a retired Consultant Podiatric Surgeon, Bill is a qualified teacher and has lectured widely on many subjects including local anaesthesia, nationally and internationally, particularly to Institute members but also to medical organisations. Martin Harvey is a consultant Podiatrist at two Birmingham Hospitals dealing with both NHS and private patients. He also has a background in specialist NHS high risk podiatry clinics as well as having his own private podiatry practice in the West Midlands. He is a keen educator lecturing and teaching on specialist subjects to Podiatrists in the UK and abroad including having presented in mainland Europe and Canada. Venue This course is accredited by The Institute of Podiatrists. Lunch and refreshments are provided. Parking is available at the Education Centre from 8.30am on the day and is chargeable at £4. Gallery