A treatise on orthopedic surgery . f which crosses the ligamentum patellae. The skin-flaphaving been reflected, the contracted capsule may be dividedon the outer side without disturbing the synovial patella is then forced inward and the redundant tissue onthe inner side is folded and sutured, or a section of the capsulemay be removed, sufficient in size to hold the patella in its properposition. As an additional safeguard the semimembranosustendon may be transplanted to the inner border of the ligamen- ^ Deutsche Zeits. f. Chir., Bd. Ixi. Bade, Zeits. f. Orthop. Chir., 1903,Bd. xi
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . f which crosses the ligamentum patellae. The skin-flaphaving been reflected, the contracted capsule may be dividedon the outer side without disturbing the synovial patella is then forced inward and the redundant tissue onthe inner side is folded and sutured, or a section of the capsulemay be removed, sufficient in size to hold the patella in its properposition. As an additional safeguard the semimembranosustendon may be transplanted to the inner border of the ligamen- ^ Deutsche Zeits. f. Chir., Bd. Ixi. Bade, Zeits. f. Orthop. Chir., 1903,Bd. xi., p. 3. 460 OBTSOPEDIC SVEGEPiY. turn patella as suggested by Backer.^ A more radical proce-dure is that of Krogius. Tlie contracted capsule is first thoroughly divided on theouter side as in the previous operation and the patella is forcedover to its normal position. From the redundant capsule onthe inner side a strip one inch or more in width from the tibiato and including the muscle is separated from the synovial sac Pig.
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