Trochanteric fractures of the femur
β Scribed by W. G. France; C. R. Berkin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1951
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 709 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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β¦ Synopsis
DURING the last decade, a considerable number of Side.-The left femur was fractured in 48 cases papers from American surgeons have extolled the (58.5 per cent). advantages of internal fixation in the treatment of Associated Conditions.-As one would expect, trochanteric fractures. By contrast, British opinion associated pathologies were frequent. Fourteen has been slower to depart from conservative measures. patients presented the following conditions : Parkin-Thornton (Thornton and Sanderson, 1937) was the sonism, 3 cases ; hemiplegia (long-standing), 2 ; first to devise an internal splint, consisting of a plate, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, 2 ; pernicious A B FIG. 250.-A, Apparent ncomplete fracture of the great trochanter. B, Radiograph six weeks later showing complete fracture.
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