Annals of surgery . little except a slight clearingin the vipper part of the cuneiform. The internal lateral incision was made. This is done bybeginning the incision just palmar to the styloid process of theulna, and extending it downward to the base of the fifth meta-carpal bone. This makes an opening scarcely an inch long. Theonly structure of importance in the wound is the extensor carpi ul-naris. The opening is sufficiently large to admit the index-finger,a Volkman spoon, bone forceps, or chisel. Through the woundthus made I succeeded in removing all of the carpal bones exceptthe pisiform
Annals of surgery . little except a slight clearingin the vipper part of the cuneiform. The internal lateral incision was made. This is done bybeginning the incision just palmar to the styloid process of theulna, and extending it downward to the base of the fifth meta-carpal bone. This makes an opening scarcely an inch long. Theonly structure of importance in the wound is the extensor carpi ul-naris. The opening is sufficiently large to admit the index-finger,a Volkman spoon, bone forceps, or chisel. Through the woundthus made I succeeded in removing all of the carpal bones exceptthe pisiform and with a chisel cut off the styloid process of theradius. Tincture of iodine was used to sponge out the controlled the haemorrhage. The wound was closed intwo months wath a perfect recovery. A dorsal splint made forthe purpose was used for several months. The structures acrossthe wrist-joint gradually shortened, as may be seen by examiningthe X-ray (Fig. i.) taken several months after the i
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