NORFOLK, Va. ( WAVY) – A surgeon at Sentara Norfolk General hospital recently performed an unusual and very rare procedure. A patient lost a thumb – and decided to replace it with one of his toes.

The boy underwent a four-hour surgery to remove the nail, during which doctors had to carefully avoid damaging the brain and "sensitive nerves" Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

It is typically bilateral (affecting both hands and/or feet ... These may need to be treated with medication or surgery. Grade 1: The nail bed becomes soft. Grade 2: There are changes in the angle of ...

If you’ve tried everything to get rid of your fungal nail infection, but it just won’t go away (and it really hurts), it might be time for surgery. There are procedures that use lasers or ...

bilateral pupil dilation; 4) unstable vital signs; 5) severe underlying disease; or 6) coagulation dysfunction. All patients preparing for surgery were required to wear sticky analysis markers in the ...

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 33 patients with achondroplasia (21 females and 12 males) undergoing simultaneous bilateral tibia or femur ... the patient's age at the beginning of ...

Many years ago I had surgery to rectify my ingrown toenails. I now have two toe nails which looks very ugly, especially the one whcih is discolored and disfigured. I want to have recontrsutive surgery ...

In many cases surgery is performed to repair the underlying nail bed tear. Over 10,000 operations are performed in the UK alone each year. Two treatment options are available during surgery.

Bilateral nail bar fixation with bullet-type fusion cage (control group ... The application reduced blood loss during surgery and operative time, and showed better protection of back muscle function ...