Surgical procedure in which a tendon is incised at its insertion and placed at a distant site

Die subcutane Durchschneidung der Sehnen, oder, Die Operationen, welche zur Heilung der Klumpfüsse, des schiefen Halses, der Kontracturen der Hände und Finger, der falschen Ankylosen des Knies, des Strabismus, der Myopie, des Stotterns etc. angewendet werden / Darg. von Ch. Phillips ; Frei nach dem Französischen bearbeitet von Dr. Kessler.

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