. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, rd muscle comes into view, the extensorproprius pollicis. The artery lies between the extensorproprius pollicis and the tibialis anticus muscles; and theanterior tibial nerve is to the outer side. The veins shouldbe isolated and the needle passed from without inward. Anterior Tibial Artery in its Lower Third.—The incisionis two inches in leng
. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, rd muscle comes into view, the extensorproprius pollicis. The artery lies between the extensorproprius pollicis and the tibialis anticus muscles; and theanterior tibial nerve is to the outer side. The veins shouldbe isolated and the needle passed from without inward. Anterior Tibial Artery in its Lower Third.—The incisionis two inches in length, beginning three inches above theankle-joint on the line of the artery. Divide the skin, LIGATION OF THE DORSALIS PEDIS ARTERY. 473 superficial and deep fascia, and seek for the tendon of theextensor proprius pollicis muscle, the second tendon fromthe tibia. The artery is found in the interspace betweenthis tendon and the tendon of the extensor longus digito-rum muscle, the nerve being to the outer side. The veinsare isolated from the artery, and the needle is passed fromwithout inward. , . Ligation of the Dorsalis Pedis Artery.—The incisionis one inch in length on a line drawn from the middle of Fig. 365. Extensorbrevis digitorum~^, Tendon of— extensorpropriuspollicis. Ligation of the dorsalis pedis artery. (Bryant.) the anterior intermalleolar space to a point midway be-tween the extremities of the first two metatarsal bones oralong the outer border of the tendon of the extensor pro-prius pollicis. Divide the skin, superficial and deep fascia,and the artery will be found lying next to the inner tendonof the short extensor muscle of the toes (Fig. 365> Thenerve is to the outer side. After separating the veins theneedle is passed from without inward. 474 OPERATIONS. Fig. 366. Ligation of the Posterior Tibial Artery.—The courseof the posterior tibial artery is in-dicated by a line drawn from themiddle of the popliteal space to apoint midway between the tend
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