. Manual of operative surgery. I. Skin Ilc. q,-i6.—(Bahcork.) 1 1 ^is; ;; l,.,,!. 1,. IIG. 93/.—{Babcock.) I. Skin everted and sutured; 2, musculo-aponeurosis flap united; 3, bone flaps united; 4, dura united; S, reconstructed cavity of spinal arachnoid. Step 5.—Freely expose the margins of the bony canal and divide the laminaewith bone forceps (Fig. 936). This forms a ribbon of bone and fibrous tissueon each side of the defect. Suture the two ribbons together and thus restorethe bony canal (Fig. 937). POTT S DISEASE 779 Step 6.—From the erector spinie muscles on each side of the def


. Manual of operative surgery. I. Skin Ilc. q,-i6.—(Bahcork.) 1 1 ^is; ;; l,.,,!. 1,. IIG. 93/.—{Babcock.) I. Skin everted and sutured; 2, musculo-aponeurosis flap united; 3, bone flaps united; 4, dura united; S, reconstructed cavity of spinal arachnoid. Step 5.—Freely expose the margins of the bony canal and divide the laminaewith bone forceps (Fig. 936). This forms a ribbon of bone and fibrous tissueon each side of the defect. Suture the two ribbons together and thus restorethe bony canal (Fig. 937). POTT S DISEASE 779 Step 6.—From the erector spinie muscles on each side of the defect form twoflaps of muscle and overlying aponeurosis, attached above and below. Suturethese two flaps in the middle line. Close the skin wound with mattress suturesso that there is eversion and the thin skin is so approximated that leakage andnecrosis is not likely to occur. Some surgeons have recommended that the osseous defect be closed bymeans of a flap of bone obtained from the crest of the ilium and provided witha pedicle. This procedure must rarely be indicated.* Operations to


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