A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations (1912) (14598167240)

Identifier: practicalt00stim (find matches)
Title: A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Stimson, Lewis Atterbury, 1844-1917
Subjects: Fractures Dislocations
Publisher: New York, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Fracture of upper end of tibia and fibula mainly by forced abduction of leg ; z-ray tracing. pain on local pressure and on pressing the leg upward, and possiblyabnormal mobility and crepitus. In high transverse fractures caremust be taken not to mistake the injury for a subluxation of the knee.Prognosis. The prognosis of this injury is exceptionally serious,because of the proximity of the joint and the possibility of inflamma-tory complications and the more or less complete loss of the functionsof the knee which that and the derangement of the articular surface inoblique and comminuted fractures involve, and also because of the PLATE XXV
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Fiacture of the Upper End of TilMa by Abduction of the Leg. FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE LEG. 429 exceptionally long period that is necessary -for consolidation. Theaverage period in seven cases collected by Poncet was about fourmonths. No satisfactory explanation has been given of this peculiarity.Treatment. Displacement must be corrected by traction and directpressure according to its character, and retention effected either l^ypermanent traction or by a suspended posterior splint with the kneepartly flexed or by encasement of the entire limb in plaster. The Fig. 302.