Exercises in equine surgery . cartilage has undergone ossification in the region ofthe basilar process, remove that osseous neoformation with theparing-knife used as a little gouge. When the ossification of theplaque is extensive, remove all. Detach it first from thephalanx by making a furrow at its base with the paring-knife,and achieving the operation with the hoof-knife and the ham-mer. Afterwards separate it with the hoof-knife and with asage-knife detach it from adjoining tissues. All these manipu- OPERATION FOR CARTILAGINOUS QUITTOR. 115 lations should be eflEected, taking the necessary
Exercises in equine surgery . cartilage has undergone ossification in the region ofthe basilar process, remove that osseous neoformation with theparing-knife used as a little gouge. When the ossification of theplaque is extensive, remove all. Detach it first from thephalanx by making a furrow at its base with the paring-knife,and achieving the operation with the hoof-knife and the ham-mer. Afterwards separate it with the hoof-knife and with asage-knife detach it from adjoining tissues. All these manipu- OPERATION FOR CARTILAGINOUS QUITTOR. 115 lations should be eflEected, taking the necessary care not to?wound the synovial membrane, nor the lateral ligaments attheir juncture with the foot. Nearly always in front of thebody there rests a cartilaginous portion of the scutiformplaque. Remove it by thin layers as in the classic —Method by Extirpation.—First step: Furrowing.—Pare the foot and the inferior face of the heel thin; groove thewall from the edge of the coronet to tlie plantar border, mak-. Pig. 55.—Complete operation for ube removal of cartilaginous ctuittor.(Method by thinning ) The cartilaginous layer of the scutiformplaque is removed. ing the furrow a centimeter and a half wide obliquely down-ward and backward, beginning at the anterior part of thecartilage, the limits of the superior extremity of the stripshould be double the width of the inferior. Make anothergroove in the plantar region from the inferior extremity of thefirst to the heel. Second step : Forcibly Removing the Strip of WaZZ.—Incisethe horny pelhcle at the bottom of tlie groove, along the 1-16 EXERCISES IN EQUINE SURGERY. border of the part to be removed in a manner to conserve athin band of a centimeter in front of the podophyllous by detaching that portion of the wall, proceeding inthe same manner as has been indicated for sand-crack.
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