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Check out these links

Pingel C, McDowell C. Subungual Hematoma Drainage. [Updated 2021 Jul 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482508/

This link is to a collection of chapters on Subungual haematoma.  The one by Philip Buttaravoli MD  FACEP, in Minor Emergencies (Second Edition), 2007 is the one I read – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/subungual-hematoma 

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