. Manual of operative surgery. ulting wounds. Unfortunately there always resultsa contraction of the wound near the root of the fingers and the condition recursto a large extent. The following are the principal operations devised to preventrecurrence: I. Perforate the web at its apex. Through the perforation pass a stoutsilver wire. Keep the wire in situ until the perforation is thoroughly healedwhen the rest of the web may be divided and the wounds sutured. XL On the dorsal surface of the web make the triangular incision ABC(Fig. 1389) and reflect the flap A C D, which should be thick and wel
. Manual of operative surgery. ulting wounds. Unfortunately there always resultsa contraction of the wound near the root of the fingers and the condition recursto a large extent. The following are the principal operations devised to preventrecurrence: I. Perforate the web at its apex. Through the perforation pass a stoutsilver wire. Keep the wire in situ until the perforation is thoroughly healedwhen the rest of the web may be divided and the wounds sutured. XL On the dorsal surface of the web make the triangular incision ABC(Fig. 1389) and reflect the flap A C D, which should be thick and well nourished. 1121 OPERATIONS ON THE TENDONS OF THE FINGERS Divide the web uniting the fingers. Turn the flap A C D between the dividedfingers and suture the apex D of the flap to the palmar side. Either suture thewounds caused by the division of the web or bring them together with adhesivestrips and dress with an ointment containing Scharlach red. Schreiber(Zentralblatt fiir Chir., 1910, No. 29) claims much for this
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