The treatment of fractures . ominence of upper frag-ment. Compare this with figure 379 of a fracture of the thigh in which the patella does notlook upward. account of swelling. Deep pressure with the thumb will detectit. Inquiry should be made as to whether either tibia has everbeen fractured previously. The pulse should be felt for in theposterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries to be sure that the largevessels of the leg are intact. Symptoms.—Ordinarily, the presence of pain, deformity,abnormal mobility, crepitus, and loss of use of the leg will bethe evidences of fracture. If the fractur
The treatment of fractures . ominence of upper frag-ment. Compare this with figure 379 of a fracture of the thigh in which the patella does notlook upward. account of swelling. Deep pressure with the thumb will detectit. Inquiry should be made as to whether either tibia has everbeen fractured previously. The pulse should be felt for in theposterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries to be sure that the largevessels of the leg are intact. Symptoms.—Ordinarily, the presence of pain, deformity,abnormal mobility, crepitus, and loss of use of the leg will bethe evidences of fracture. If the fracture is of the tibia or fibulaalone and transverse without much displacement, localized ten-derness upon pressure and swelling will be the only signs. It isimportant to remember the backward bowing of the fibula in at-tempting to localize by palpation the tender point of the fractureof that bone. SYMPTOMS 349 The deformity is due to the displacement of the upper frag-ment forward and of the lower fragment upward and Fig. 489.— Fracture of the tihia, oblique and high up. Almost no displacement (MassachusettsGeneral Hospital, 1235. X-ray tracing). Tibia.
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