. Operative surgery. Fig. 752.—Dieflfenbachs method, liberating incisions. 602 OPERATIVE SURGERY. Dicffenbaclis Method.—In cases with wide and complete clefts, liberat-ing incisions passing around the alffi (Fig. 752) and outward for a shortdistance into the cheeks, or made transversely directly below the nose, areof much service in securing ready and proper coaptation of the borders ofthe cleft. These incisions enable the surgeon to make more readily theneeded detachment of the lip from the jaw. Konigs Method.—Konig removes the borders of the cleft entirely, andthen forms a flap at either sid


. Operative surgery. Fig. 752.—Dieflfenbachs method, liberating incisions. 602 OPERATIVE SURGERY. Dicffenbaclis Method.—In cases with wide and complete clefts, liberat-ing incisions passing around the alffi (Fig. 752) and outward for a shortdistance into the cheeks, or made transversely directly below the nose, areof much service in securing ready and proper coaptation of the borders ofthe cleft. These incisions enable the surgeon to make more readily theneeded detachment of the lip from the jaw. Konigs Method.—Konig removes the borders of the cleft entirely, andthen forms a flap at either side by means of incisions directed downwardand outward from near the middle points of the vertical ones (Fig. 753)..


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