Atlas and epitome of traumatic (1902) (14577055140)

Identifier: atlasepitomeoft00helf (find matches)
Title: Atlas and epitome of traumatic
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Helferich, Heinrich, 1851- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadephia and London, W. B. Saunder or company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. 241 (Most dangerous complications of fractures of the pelvisare rupture of the bladder and the urethra. These possi-bilities should always be borne in mind, and they demandimmediate treatment. If possible the patient should besent at once to a hospital, because the after-treatment isalmost as important as the early operation. A rupture ofthe bladder demands an earlier operation than a ruptureof the urethra. The early diagnosis and treatment ofthese injuries is a subject for a text-book on surgery, but itis not out of place here to urge the immediate search forthese accompanying injuries in fractures of the pelvis.It is the experience of every large surgical clinic that thesepatients are frequently brought to to the hospital too latefor successful surgical intervention.1—Ed.) Fractures of the pelvic ring present many varieties.Besides the injuries due to the action of the vertebralcolumn and of the thigh on the pelvis, we have to dealchiefly with com