A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Fig. Dislocation of the carpal bones backward.(From Fergusson.) Dislocation of the carpus backward;scaphoid broken and its upper halfwith the semilunar remains in connec-tion with the radius. (Pick.) [Pick {Fractures and Dislocations) gives an illustration of a backward disloca-tion of the carpus with transverse fracture of the scaphoid. (Fig. 412.)] In compound dislocations, however, the muscles, or rather the tendons,are twisted, torn, and thrust aside, producing very extensive lesionsamong the deeper structures of the forearm and ha
A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations . Fig. Dislocation of the carpal bones backward.(From Fergusson.) Dislocation of the carpus backward;scaphoid broken and its upper halfwith the semilunar remains in connec-tion with the radius. (Pick.) [Pick {Fractures and Dislocations) gives an illustration of a backward disloca-tion of the carpus with transverse fracture of the scaphoid. (Fig. 412.)] In compound dislocations, however, the muscles, or rather the tendons,are twisted, torn, and thrust aside, producing very extensive lesionsamong the deeper structures of the forearm and hand before the integu-ments can be made to yield. S. U., get. 54, had his right arm caught between the bumpers of two cars,bruising the hand and dislocating the carpal bones backward, the radius andulna being thrown forward and pushed completely through the skin into thepalm of the hand. Most of the flexor tendons had been merely thrust aside,but one or two were torn asunder ; the median nerve was torn off, but the radialand ulnar nerves were apparently uninju
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