. Fig. 59.—Neurectomy Bistoury. of its wooden block, which may be placed so as to press on the main artery of supply. Instruments Required.—These should be at hand in an earthenware or enamelled iron tray containing just sufficient of a 5 per cent, solution of carbolic acid to keep them covered. Those that are necessary will be a sharp scalpel, or, if preferred, one of the many forms of bistoury devised for the purpose (see Fig. 59), a pair of artery forceps, a needle ready threaded with silk or gut, one of the patterns Fig. 60.—Neurectomy Needle. of neurectomy needle (see Fig. 60), and a pair
. Fig. 59.—Neurectomy Bistoury. of its wooden block, which may be placed so as to press on the main artery of supply. Instruments Required.—These should be at hand in an earthenware or enamelled iron tray containing just sufficient of a 5 per cent, solution of carbolic acid to keep them covered. Those that are necessary will be a sharp scalpel, or, if preferred, one of the many forms of bistoury devised for the purpose (see Fig. 59), a pair of artery forceps, a needle ready threaded with silk or gut, one of the patterns Fig. 60.—Neurectomy Needle. of neurectomy needle (see Fig. 60), and a pair of blunt- pointed scissors curved on the flat. It is also an advantage, when once the incision through the skin is made, to employ one of the forms of elastic, self-adjusting tenacula (see Fig. 61) for keeping the edges of the wound apart while searching for the nerve. Incision through the Skin.—We remember that the plantar nerve of the inner side is in close relation with the internal metacarpal artery, and that both, in company with the
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