The malformations, diseases and injuries of the fingers and toes and their surgical treatment . fingers had also beensawn through, immediately above their proximal articularextremities, so that the anterior portion of the hand wasonly attached to the posterior portion by little more thanthe flexor tendons and skin on the palm of the hand. Thethumb was uninjured. Thinking it right to give the handa chance of recovery, I cut off the articular extremities 262 EXCISION OF THE JOINTS AND of the metacarpal and phalangeal hones connected withthe metacarpophalangeal joints of the four fingers. Thehand
The malformations, diseases and injuries of the fingers and toes and their surgical treatment . fingers had also beensawn through, immediately above their proximal articularextremities, so that the anterior portion of the hand wasonly attached to the posterior portion by little more thanthe flexor tendons and skin on the palm of the hand. Thethumb was uninjured. Thinking it right to give the handa chance of recovery, I cut off the articular extremities 262 EXCISION OF THE JOINTS AND of the metacarpal and phalangeal hones connected withthe metacarpophalangeal joints of the four fingers. Thehand was then placed on a splint, and light dressing-applied. The wound healed well, and on the 8th of Maythe patient was dismissed quite well. On the 2d of July 1862, more than a year after theoperation, I had an opportunity of examining the hand,and found that its appearance was wonderfully was slightly shortened, but was cpiite movable anduseful. Complete flexion could not be performed. The accompanying woodcuts illustrate the handof this case in the extended and flexed
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