Download PDF
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2011; 44(01): 162-163
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1699500
Letters to Editor
Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

The Sommerlad pen: Yet another use

Zeeshan Ahmad
Department of Plastic Surgery, Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 8BJ, U.K.
› Author Affiliations
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
31 December 2019 (online)

Also available at
  PDF Download Permissions and Reprints
 

  • REFERENCES

  • 1 Sommerlad BC. A new surgical marking pen. Br J Plast Surg 1975;28:139-40.
  • 2 Juma A, Callaghan C, Luoma A, Alvi R. The Sommerlad pen: Its other uses in hand surgery. Br J Plast Surg 2001;54:652.
  • 3 Patel AJ, Wagstaff MK. A novel use of the sommerlad pen: Preparing the nail during nailbed repair. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2007;89:316-7.
  • 4 Gore SM, Skillman M, Sabbagh W. A method for optimising excision of the nail bed matrix. J Hand Surg Eur 2007;32:450-1.