. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Phalanges flexed. Guides to articulations of the fingers, a, headof metacarpal bone; b, metacarpophalangealarticulation ; c, relation of palmar fold to articu-late >n ; d, e, interphalangeal articulation; /, ar-ticulation of distal phalanx. (Smith.) base of the distal phalanx (Fig. 393), and also that the foldson the palmar surface of the finger do not correspondexactly to the joints (Fig. 394). Amputation of the Finger through the Metacarpo-phalangeal Articulation.—In this variety of amputationan incision is made from a point on the dors
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Phalanges flexed. Guides to articulations of the fingers, a, headof metacarpal bone; b, metacarpophalangealarticulation ; c, relation of palmar fold to articu-late >n ; d, e, interphalangeal articulation; /, ar-ticulation of distal phalanx. (Smith.) base of the distal phalanx (Fig. 393), and also that the foldson the palmar surface of the finger do not correspondexactly to the joints (Fig. 394). Amputation of the Finger through the Metacarpo-phalangeal Articulation.—In this variety of amputationan incision is made from a point on the dorsal surface ofthe metacarpal bone a quarter of an inch above the articu-lation, which is carried through the interdigital web andback upon the palmar surface to a point a quarter of an inchabove the flexor fold (Fig. 396, O). A similar incision be- 496 AMPUTATIONS. ginning and ending at the same points is made upon theopposite side of the finger. The flaps are dissected back,and the lateral ligaments, tendons, and remainder of thecapsule are divid
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