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sion of the carpal sheath. These two important sheaths must 

 be avoided. The internal aspect of the leg. is selected for the 

 purpose of avoiding the great metacarpal artery. If a tene- 

 tome is passed between the perforans tendon and the 



Fig. 112— Position of Incision and Fig. 113— Fourth Step of Metacarpal 

 Correct Direction of Tenetome in Tenotomy. (Moller.) 



Metacarpal Tenotomy. 



great suspensory ligament, from the external side of the leg, 

 it can hardly be made to sweep around the tendons without 

 cutting this large blood vessel, while on the other. hand if the 

 point of entrance is the internal side, the blade can easily 



