A treatise on orthopedic surgery . A fixation support for the may be used with the brace orwith the jacket. Front view of the same patient. by a band of light steel of U-shape, long enough to reach fromear to ear, the circumference being comiDleted by a band of tapeacross the forehead. In certain instances additional straps maybe placed beneath the chin and the occiput, as in Figs. 44 and45. In this connection it may be stated that the support pro-vided by the jury-mast is only effective when it is carefully ad-justed and constantly watched. In most instances, therefore, arigid appar
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . A fixation support for the may be used with the brace orwith the jacket. Front view of the same patient. by a band of light steel of U-shape, long enough to reach fromear to ear, the circumference being comiDleted by a band of tapeacross the forehead. In certain instances additional straps maybe placed beneath the chin and the occiput, as in Figs. 44 and45. In this connection it may be stated that the support pro-vided by the jury-mast is only effective when it is carefully ad-justed and constantly watched. In most instances, therefore, arigid apparatus, though less comfortable, is to be preferred. TUBEECULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 83 If the jacket is carefully fitted to the pelvis it may be a fairlyefficient support even if the disease is in the lower lumbar re-gion. If, however, the symptoms are acute with accompanyingspasm of the flexors of the thigh it should be extended to one or Fig. The jacket and jury-mast applied. The same patient is shown in Fig. 33. both knees as a single or double spica according to the in-dications. The Calot Jacket.—Calot was at one time an advocate of theimmediate correction of the deformity of Potts disease, a treat-ment described in previous editions of this book. Although the-method is no longer used, it served its purpose in calling atten-tion to the importance of more effective preventive treatment,,and it has further been demonstrated that the deformity maybe corrected to the same degree, as far as the final result is con-cerned, by milder methods. One of these is the convex stretcherframe in recumbency, and another is the Calot jacket in ambu-latory treatment. 84 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY. The essentials of the Calot support are fixation of the neckand shoulders as well as of the pelvis, and direct pressure overthe kyphosis, the front of the jacket having been cut away sothat the trunk may be forced forward, thus straightening thespine
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