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82                         LIMB  SuRGER1ES





























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                                                                                                      j,


                                                                                                            Common  tendon
                                                                                                            sheath  of SDF  and DDF











                                                                 •.



                                                                                                            SDF tendon








                                                                                                   V~!H-- Communicating

                                                                                                                       branch







                                                                                                                              medius                                                                                                Medial

                                                                                                                      (suspensory  lig.)                                                                                            palmar  v.a.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ~~Medial


                                                                                                                         Lateral  palmar  v.a.                                                              -"-                 palmar  n.
                                                                                                                           (palmar  common

                                                                                                                               digital  v.  111)






                                                                                                                               Lateral  palmar  n.


                                                                                                                                               Distal  check  lig.                                           Communicating  branch


                                                                                                                                                           DDF tendon



















                                                                 Figure  13-4  Anatomy  of the  distal check ligament  and palmar  metacarpus.
















































                                                                                                                                              Figure  13-5  Location  of  the  skin


                                                                                                                                              incision  for  distal  cl1eck  ligament


                                                                                                                                              desmotomy.






                                                                                                Site  of


                                                                                               approach
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