A treatise on orthopedic surgery . dage and the attitude after the operation. A long, curved, external incision is made, passing from apoint behind and above the external malleolus below its ex-tremity and terminating at the outer aspect of the head of theastragalus. The peronei tendons are divided just in front ofthe malleolus and they are then completely separated from theirsheaths and drawn- backward. The lateral ligaments are thendivided and the joint is opened. The interosseous ligament iscut through and the foot is twisted inward. When the attach-ments to the navicular have been freed th
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . dage and the attitude after the operation. A long, curved, external incision is made, passing from apoint behind and above the external malleolus below its ex-tremity and terminating at the outer aspect of the head of theastragalus. The peronei tendons are divided just in front ofthe malleolus and they are then completely separated from theirsheaths and drawn- backward. The lateral ligaments are thendivided and the joint is opened. The interosseous ligament iscut through and the foot is twisted inward. When the attach-ments to the navicular have been freed the astragalus may beremoved. A thin section of bone is then cut from the outersurface of the adjoining os calcis and cuboid bones, and on theinner side the calcaneonavicular ligament is partially separatedfrom its navicular attachment. The lateral ligaments are freed ^ American Journal of the Medical Sciences, November, 1901, and Annalsof Surgery, February, 1908. Am. J. Orth. Surgery, August, 1910. 864 OBTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. Fig. An effective, brace for talipes calcaneus, consisting of two light lateralsteel bars joined above by a padded band of steel, which crosses the upper thirdof the tibia, and below by a narrow sole plate. A leather heel support alsoadds somewhat to the efBciency of the apparatus. The heel should be corre-spondingly elevated by a cork wedge placed within the shoe. Fig. 590.
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