The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . Making the anterior flap by transfixion. 3. The knife iscarried under thethigh to the innerside, and cuts fromwithout inwards asmall posterior flap,the convexity ofwhich extends tojust below the glu-teal fold, and whosebase meets both onthe inner and outerside with the baseof the anterior flap(lig. 419).. 4. The capsule is opened by an incision, which is made with someforce by means of a small knife, placed at right angles to the surfaceupon the head of the femur (as if with the intention of cutting throughthe head and
The surgeon's handbook on the treatment of wounded in war : a prize essay . Making the anterior flap by transfixion. 3. The knife iscarried under thethigh to the innerside, and cuts fromwithout inwards asmall posterior flap,the convexity ofwhich extends tojust below the glu-teal fold, and whosebase meets both onthe inner and outerside with the baseof the anterior flap(lig. 419).. 4. The capsule is opened by an incision, which is made with someforce by means of a small knife, placed at right angles to the surfaceupon the head of the femur (as if with the intention of cutting throughthe head and leaving the upper part in the acetabulum, Lisfranc), whilethe limb is forcibly carried into hyperextension, and rotated a cracking noise the air enters the joint, and the head startsfrom the acetabulum; an incision upon the ligamentum teres allows itbe completely protruded. 5. The operator seizes the head of the femur, draws it forwards,and divides the posterior wall of the capsule, the muscles attached tothe great trochanter, and all the soft parts, which have been left tillnow undivided. v6f* One end of a stout drainage tube is placed in the acetabulum,whije the other end is brought out through the centre of the wound. 232 The anterior flap is brought down and adapted to the posterior, as isshewn in fig. 420. Fig. 420,
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