Interstate medical journal (1917) (14597007620)

Identifier: interstatemedica2419unse (find matches)

Title: Interstate medical journal

Year: 1917 (1910s)

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Subjects: Medicine

Publisher: St. Louis, : Interstate Medical Journal

Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library

Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Allison and Dixon: Congenital Dislocation of Hip

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Allison and Dixon: Congenital Dislocation of Hip 169 Case III. John F., aged 15 years. Family history and past history unimportant.Parents noticed limp at two years and associated it with a fall from a wagon.Diagnosis.—Single congenital dislocation of hip, left. Physical Examination.-—Muscles fairly developed. Head of femur highon dorsum of ilium. Thigh (left) flexed a bit. Adducted and internallyrotated; 9 cm. actual shortening. Radiogram.—Shows fair acetabulum. Head small and misshapen, coxavara, high on ilium. November 17, 1913, patient placed on traction table,ether. Operation.—Open operation on left hip, anterior route, capsule cut. Ace-tabulum shallow and full of fibrous tissue. It was possible to project the headof the femur forward from its position on the dorsum of the ilium, but itcould be placed in the acetabulum. The cartilage on the surface of the headwas elevated and a portion of the superior part of the femoral head wasexcised, allowing the cartilage to fall bac

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