The practice of surgery . Malans Flat Tourniquet, applied to the Popliteal. and, by carrying it downwards and outwards, a long posterior flap isformed. The knife is then laid on at the upper margin of the wound; Fig. Amputation of the Leg. by a sweep in front, in a semilunar direction, the integument is divided;this having been retracted, the interosseous space is cleared by the knifepassed between the bones, and the saw is then applied as close to thesoft parts as possible. If the ridge of the tibia project, much andsharply, it may be rounded oif by means of the bone-pliers. Bleedinghav
The practice of surgery . Malans Flat Tourniquet, applied to the Popliteal. and, by carrying it downwards and outwards, a long posterior flap isformed. The knife is then laid on at the upper margin of the wound; Fig. Amputation of the Leg. by a sweep in front, in a semilunar direction, the integument is divided;this having been retracted, the interosseous space is cleared by the knifepassed between the bones, and the saw is then applied as close to thesoft parts as possible. If the ridge of the tibia project, much andsharply, it may be rounded oif by means of the bone-pliers. Bleedinghaving been arrested, the flap is brought up and secured. To facilitate transfixion, and guard against locking of the knifebetween the bones, it may be well to make a little alteration in theprocedure. Supposing that the right leg is operated on, the knife isentered on the outside of the fibula, about an inch, or more, beneaththe point where transfixion is contemplated; with a sawing motion theinstrument is carried upwards along the outside of the bone, until thesite of transfixion is reached; the blade is then applied in front, to formthe anterior wound; and, the point having arrived at the inside of the AMPUTATION O
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