. Manual of operative surgery. the patella to half an inch below the tibial margin, curving more acutelyat this point towards the lateral Hgament. The interior of the joint is theninspected with the aid of carefully applied retractors. No less authorities thanSir William Bennett and Mr. Whitelocke advocate entering the finger forexploratory purposes. The finger should never enter the joint. Neither thesurgeon nor the assistant should touch the wound with anything but sterileinstruments. The sutures for the capsule should be handed on forceps andI usually make the stitches a blanket-stitch. In
. Manual of operative surgery. the patella to half an inch below the tibial margin, curving more acutelyat this point towards the lateral Hgament. The interior of the joint is theninspected with the aid of carefully applied retractors. No less authorities thanSir William Bennett and Mr. Whitelocke advocate entering the finger forexploratory purposes. The finger should never enter the joint. Neither thesurgeon nor the assistant should touch the wound with anything but sterileinstruments. The sutures for the capsule should be handed on forceps andI usually make the stitches a blanket-stitch. In the flexed position, the bestview is obtained of the interior of the joint and the cartilage can be well the capsule plicates and hides the view, draw it outwards with a skeleton I034 KNEE-JOINT retractor which may be used to obtain a good view in any direction. Thecartilage may be found in any position. It may be detached at its anteriorextremity. It may be circumferentially split; it may be completely fractured;. Fig. 1283.—Incision of knee. {R. Jones.) it may be completely twisted; it may be firmly fixed but with frayed inner border;it may be nodular; the posterior part may be in front; it may be attached atits extremities and free along the whole or part of its outer border; the anteriorpart may be ground away, or found quite loose as a separate body, or only the
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