Surgical and obstetrical operations . ^ the incision is now grasped with the tenaculumand dissected away. As a general rule the operator findsthat he has not yet reached the flexor pedis tendon but onlythe fatty cushion which covers the latter. The remnantsof the fatty frog should be removed with the double-edgedsage knife or scalpel by means of a horizontal incision, andthere is then seen the greenish or yellowish colored necroticflexor pedis tendon, which may at times be covered with RESECTION OF THE FLEXOR PEDIS TENDON. 193 reddish colored granulations. Should the operation be in-dicated on
Surgical and obstetrical operations . ^ the incision is now grasped with the tenaculumand dissected away. As a general rule the operator findsthat he has not yet reached the flexor pedis tendon but onlythe fatty cushion which covers the latter. The remnantsof the fatty frog should be removed with the double-edgedsage knife or scalpel by means of a horizontal incision, andthere is then seen the greenish or yellowish colored necroticflexor pedis tendon, which may at times be covered with RESECTION OF THE FLEXOR PEDIS TENDON. 193 reddish colored granulations. Should the operation be in-dicated on account of a suppurative pododermatitis the barson^the affected side must be excised along with the otherportions. The position and extent of the navicular bonecan be determined by feeling through the flexor tendon. Atransverse incision is then made over the middle of thenavicular bone through the flexor pedis tendon into thenavicular bursa, the distal end of the tendon grasped with. Fig. 12 . Reskction of the Flexor Pedis Tendon. Solar surface of the foot, c. Semilunar crest of os pedis ;«, OS pedis ; r, navicular pe^lal ligatneat ; s, navicular bone ;b, flexor pedis tendon ; e, sensitive laminae of the bars ; styfatty frog ;/, sensitive frog ; /;, horny frog. the tenaculum forceps and lifted up from the navicular bonewith the aid of two lateral curved incisions. Between theinferior border of the navicular bone and the semi-lunar crestof the OS pedis stretches the capsular ligament of the in-ferior articulation between these two bones reinforced by 13 194 AMPUTATION OF THE CLAWS OF RUMINANTS. dense fibrous bands. The flexor pedis tendon is united tothis by a few bundles of fibres. Dissect the tendon carefullyaway from the capsular ligament, avoiding opening thearticulation, and beyond from the semi-lunar crest of the ospedis. If necrotic or discolored pieces of the fatty cushionor the tendon still remain, remove these with scissors, scalpelor curette. With the l
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