RESECTION OF THE FLEXOR PEDIS TENDON. 



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Should there be present also suppurative pododermatitis 

 the bars on the affected side must be excised along with 

 the other portions. 



The position and extent of the navicular bone can be 

 determined by palpating the flexor tendon. A transverse 

 incision is then made over the middle of the navicular bone 



Resection of the Flexor Pedis Tendon. 



fl 

 Solar surface of the foot, r, Semi-lunar crest of os pedis ; 

 u, OS pedis ; r, navicular-pedal ligament ; s, navicular bone ; 

 d, flexor pedis tendon ; e, sensitive laminae of the bars ; si, 

 fatty frog ; /, sensitive frog ; //, horny frog. 



through the flexor pedis tendon into the navicular bursa, 

 the distal end of the tendon grasped with the tenaculum 

 forceps and lifted up from the navicular bone with the aid of 

 two lateral curved incisions. Between the inferior or anterior 

 border of the navicular bone and the semi-lunar crest of the 

 OS pedis stretches the capsular ligament of the inferior 

 articulation reinforced by dense fibrous bands. The flexor 



