CHAPTER V

GENERAL REMARKS ON OPERATIONS ON THE FOOT

A. Methods of Restraint

B. Instruments required

C. The Application of Dressings

D. Plantar Neurectomy

History of the Operation

Preparation of the Subject

The Operation

After-treatment

E. Median Neurectomy

F. Length of Rest after Neurectomy

G. Sequelæ of Neurectomy

Liability of Pricked Foot going undetected

Loss of Tone in the Non-sensitive Area

Gelatinous Degeneration

Chronic Oedema of the Leg

Persistent Pruritus

Fracture of the Bones

Neuroma

Reunion of the Divided Nerve

The Existence of an Adventitious Nerve-supply

Stumbling

H. Advantages of the Operation

I. The Use of the Horse that has undergone Neurectomy

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