Perioperative confocal microscopy of the nail matrix in the management of<i>in situ</i>or minimally invasive subungual melanomas

Abstract

Intraoperative RCM examination of the nail matrix is an efficient diagnostic approach of melanonychia striata that permits an extemporaneous diagnosis of malignancy and therefore a one-step surgical treatment of in situ or minimally invasive melanoma, reducing dramatically the duration of postoperative disability.