. Roentgen interpretation; a manual for students and practitioners . Fig. 21.—Fracture of the neck of the femur, with marked absorption of the neck. DISLOCATIONS 45 bearing line be restored accurately and that the foot be slightlyinverted. Knee.—Fractures of the condyles of femur and tibia have thecharacteristics of fracture involving an} joint. The spine of thetibia may be evulsed; the patella may sustain a transverse breakwith wide separation of the fragments or it may suffer a stellatefracture or shelving fractures of the upper or lower margins as aresult of division of the attachment of th


. Roentgen interpretation; a manual for students and practitioners . Fig. 21.—Fracture of the neck of the femur, with marked absorption of the neck. DISLOCATIONS 45 bearing line be restored accurately and that the foot be slightlyinverted. Knee.—Fractures of the condyles of femur and tibia have thecharacteristics of fracture involving an} joint. The spine of thetibia may be evulsed; the patella may sustain a transverse breakwith wide separation of the fragments or it may suffer a stellatefracture or shelving fractures of the upper or lower margins as aresult of division of the attachment of the patellar tendon. —These fractures occur anywhere in the neck of the femurbetween the head and intertrochanteric line. ^^ hen there is any dis-placement of the fragments, there will be a disturbance of Shentonsline, which is a smooth, regular curve formed by the upper marginof the obturator foramen, the inferior border of the neck of thefemur and the inner margin of the shaft. In the prognosis of hip fractures the possibility of failure of unionand of


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