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anterior flap the following structures would be cut : 

 Skin, cutaneous nerves, fascia, tibialis anticus, extensor 

 communis digitorum, and a little of the extensor 

 proprius pollicis, the peroneous longus, and a small 

 part of the upper extremity of the peroneus brevis, 



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Fig. 53. Transverse Section through the Lower 'I hircl of the Leg 

 (Braune). 



the anterior tibial vessels and nerve, and the musculo- 

 cutaneous nerve. In the posterior flap the following 

 would be the parts divided : Skin, external and 

 internal saphenous veins and nerves, fascia, gastroc- 

 nemius, plantaris, soleus, tibialis posticus, flexor longus 

 digitorum, a little of the upper end of the flexor 

 longus pollicis, the posterior tibial vessels and nerve, 

 and the peroneal vessels. Fig. 52 shows the stump 

 left after the amputation through the lower part of the 

 upper third of the leg, by means of a single flap cut 

 from the caif. It serves to show the relations of the 



