. Surgical and obstetrical operations. Veterinary surgery. 88 SUBCUTANEOUS CAUDAL MYOTOMY Opposite direction. If this has not l)een attained, examine carefully and sever any remaining bundles of muscle, and this not suflScing, repeat the operation as before at another point 5 or 6 cm. above or below the first, severing the muscle again. Or if the depressor appears implicated, sever it in a similar manner. In extreme cases the entire lateral half of the caudal muscles, tendons and aponeurosis maj- be FIG. 35 Transverse section of the tail. ?;, Caudal vertebra ; c, sacro- â¢coccygeus l
. Surgical and obstetrical operations. Veterinary surgery. 88 SUBCUTANEOUS CAUDAL MYOTOMY Opposite direction. If this has not l)een attained, examine carefully and sever any remaining bundles of muscle, and this not suflScing, repeat the operation as before at another point 5 or 6 cm. above or below the first, severing the muscle again. Or if the depressor appears implicated, sever it in a similar manner. In extreme cases the entire lateral half of the caudal muscles, tendons and aponeurosis maj- be FIG. 35 Transverse section of the tail. ?;, Caudal vertebra ; c, sacro- â¢coccygeus lateralis muscle ; f, sacr-o-coccygeus superior ; f, depressor longus and brevis muscles (sacro-coccygeus infer- ior ;) i, intertransversales mviscles ; a, coccygeal artery ; s, â supero-lateral coccygeal artery ; /, infero-lateral coccygeal artery; v, caudal veins (dorsal, ventral, lateral) ; sch, caudal fascia ; h, skin. Apply an antiseptic pad to the wound and retain it by a moderately firm bandage, which serves at once as an occlu- sive dressing ana effective hemostatic. Remove the band- age after 24 hours. By this plan of operation it is not intended to tie the tail to the side of tlie animal during the time of healing but when bandaging immediately after the operation, the tail should be held away from the side toward which it formerly curved so that the bandage may tend to prevent the return of the organ to its former Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Williams, Walter Long, 1856-1945; Frost, James Nathan, joint author; Pfeiffer, Wilhelm, 1867-. Ithaca, N. Y. , The author
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