A practical and systematic treatise on fractures and dislocations . rarely as fracture throughthe middle third of the ulna. The diagnosis is unattendedwith difficulty. Rotation developes so much displacementthat the ends of the fragments can be distinctly felt beneaththe integuments. Crepitus can also be produced when thefragments are brought in contact and rubbed against one an-other. The inclination of the broken ends is to take a posi-tion in the interosseous space, approximating the ulna. The treatment is the same as for fractured ulna in the same I Of the Radius. 149 region. Two straight
A practical and systematic treatise on fractures and dislocations . rarely as fracture throughthe middle third of the ulna. The diagnosis is unattendedwith difficulty. Rotation developes so much displacementthat the ends of the fragments can be distinctly felt beneaththe integuments. Crepitus can also be produced when thefragments are brought in contact and rubbed against one an-other. The inclination of the broken ends is to take a posi-tion in the interosseous space, approximating the ulna. The treatment is the same as for fractured ulna in the same I Of the Radius. 149 region. Two straight splints, wider than the arm, to obviatecircular compression, and padded to prevent excoriation ofthe skin, are to be bandaged to the dorsal and frontaspeets ofthe fore-arm. A compress placed under each splint betweenthe bones, so as to force the fragments away from the ulna,tends to prevent the reparative material from soldering one orboth broken ends to the ulna, as represented in Figure 58. Ifone or both fragments become welded to the ulna, the condi- FiG. Consolidation of fragments of radius with the ulna, preventingrotation of the fore-arm. tion is fatal to rotation. Oidinarily it is not necessary, intreating fractures near the middle of the radius, to use splintsextending farther than from the elbow to the hand. Thesereach quite a distance above and below the line of fracture, «othat no motion at the point of separation can take place if thesplints be efficiently held with bandages. Figure 61 representsthe splints padded and held in place with a couple of tapespreparatory to receiving the bandage. FRACTURE THROUGH THE LOWER THIRD OFTHE RADIUS. There is no part of the skeleton so subject to fracture asthe lower extremity of the radius. The lesion occurs fromindirect violence. The hand in a fall is put forth to arrest theprogress of the descent, and to save the head and the trunkfrom serious blows and concussions. These uses are the occa-sion of so many fractures of th
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