Intracapsular fractures of the neck of the femur a review of one hundred cases treated by internal fixation

✍ Scribed by Mark L. Mason

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1953
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 469 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004016315

✦ Synopsis

THE treatment of the fracture of the femoral neck was revolutionized with the introduction by Smith-Petersen in 1931 of the three-flanged nail for internal fixation.

The problem of the usually aged patient with such a catastrophic injury had been a source of great trial and perplexity to the surgeon for many surgical eras, and had been called " the unsolved fracture ". With this new method, great advances in the treatment and end-results were visualized, and there was hope that the burden of anxiety these patients constantly entailed would be significantly reduced.

Royal Whitman's (1925) method of reduction and immobilization had been accepted with alacrity as a major step forward, but the surgeon was still