. Medical and surgical reports. Case 15 (1).—Showing displacement of epiphysison entrance to hospital. (Compound separation.) screw or wire penetrating the epiphysis undoubtedly increasesthe danger of disturbance of growth, and this fact must there-fore be borne in mind in deciding upon a method of fixation inoperative cases. Treatment.— The treatment of this fracture presents manyproblems of peculiar interest. The first and most importantof these is the fact that it is invariably associated with injuryto the epiphyseal cartilage, so that no matter how simple SEPARATION OF FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS. 2


. Medical and surgical reports. Case 15 (1).—Showing displacement of epiphysison entrance to hospital. (Compound separation.) screw or wire penetrating the epiphysis undoubtedly increasesthe danger of disturbance of growth, and this fact must there-fore be borne in mind in deciding upon a method of fixation inoperative cases. Treatment.— The treatment of this fracture presents manyproblems of peculiar interest. The first and most importantof these is the fact that it is invariably associated with injuryto the epiphyseal cartilage, so that no matter how simple SEPARATION OF FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS. 207 PLATE VIIL. V


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