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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Superior check ligament, Superior Check Ligament Desmotomy *scroll over* How is it done? 1. The horse is placed under general anesthesia and in lateral recumbency ( if the procedre is be conducted bilaterally, the animal is repositioned to suit. 2. Just cranial to the cephalic vein, an incision is made and that vein is seperated from the fascia and retracted caudually. 3. The proximal fibers of the ligament are seperated from the nutrient artery and vein inorder to ensure complete severing of the ligament. 4. The ligament is severed along with an incision in a small portion of the palmar carpal reticulum., Superior Check Ligament Desmotomy *scroll over* This procedure has: Disadvantages 1. Good surgical skills are a requirement, Superior Check Ligament Desmotomy *scroll over* This procedure has: Advantages 1. This procedure is an established one. 2. When done properly it can be used to correct flexural deformities and superficial flexor tendinitis .