Modern surgery, general and operative . tise on TheTreatment of Fractures, advocates in intracapsular fracture the use ofThomass hip splint. If the bones are unimpacted, the fragments are broughtinto apposition by extension, inversion, and pressure upon the great tro-chanter, and the Thomas splint is bent to fit, is padded, and is applied (, 346). When the bed-pan is to be used or the bed is to be smoothed,the patient can be lifted without disturbing the fracture. He can be turnedon the sound side. If h^-postatic congestion is developing, raise the head ofthe bed and tie the splint to
Modern surgery, general and operative . tise on TheTreatment of Fractures, advocates in intracapsular fracture the use ofThomass hip splint. If the bones are unimpacted, the fragments are broughtinto apposition by extension, inversion, and pressure upon the great tro-chanter, and the Thomas splint is bent to fit, is padded, and is applied (, 346). When the bed-pan is to be used or the bed is to be smoothed,the patient can be lifted without disturbing the fracture. He can be turnedon the sound side. If h^-postatic congestion is developing, raise the head ofthe bed and tie the splint to the iron of the head of the bed. In additionto the use of the splint Scudder advocates the making of lateral pressure overthe great trochanter by a graduated compress and a bandage. The splint isworn for six or eight weeks. It is then removed, the patient remaining inbed four weeks longer without any apparatus (Scudder, from Ridlon). Jones, of Liverpool, treats fractures of the femoral neck by means of anextension frame (see Fig. 357)..
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