. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . and is secured in position by the turns of aroller carried from the fingers to the upper extremity ofthe splint, with figure-of-eight turns at the elbow to rein-force the action of the strips of plaster (Fig. 275). 380 * FBACTUBE& This fracture may also be dressed by first applying aprimary Toller to the elbow, and then placing over thearm a well-padded anterior obtuse-angled splint, or astraight splint with a good-sized pad of lint or oakumfastened at a point corresponding to the position of theflexure of the elbow. AY hen either of these s
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . and is secured in position by the turns of aroller carried from the fingers to the upper extremity ofthe splint, with figure-of-eight turns at the elbow to rein-force the action of the strips of plaster (Fig. 275). 380 * FBACTUBE& This fracture may also be dressed by first applying aprimary Toller to the elbow, and then placing over thearm a well-padded anterior obtuse-angled splint, or astraight splint with a good-sized pad of lint or oakumfastened at a point corresponding to the position of theflexure of the elbow. AY hen either of these splints isplaced upon the arm a p >sition of moderate flexion is ob-tained. A compress of lint is next placed above the frag-ment, if there is a displacement, and one or two narrowstrips of adhesive plaster are fastened over this and passedobliquely downward and attached to the splint on eitherside. The splint is then securely fastened to the arm bythe turns of a roller-bandage applied from the fingers tothe upper end of the splint. Fig. Fracture of olecranon dressed in the extended position. The dressings should be removed at the end of twenty-four or thirty-six hours, or sooner if there is evidence of-welling of the tissues in the region of the fracture, andthey should be reapplied in the same manner. If thedressing is comfortable to the patient, and there is no evi-dence of swelling, the subsequent dressings should bemade at less frequent intervals ; the dressings are usuallyretained in this fracture for five or six weeks. Passivemotion should not be made until this time, as flexion ofthe elbow tends to separate the fragments, unless unionhas taken place. The union of a fracture of the olecranonis in most cases fibrous, but in a few instances bony unionhas been observed. FRACTURES OF THE ULNA AND RADIUS. 381 Fracture of the Coronoid Processof the Ulna.—Fract-ure of the coronoid process is an extremely rare injury. Treatment.—This is accomplished by placing the ar
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