A treatise on orthopedic surgery . may be mistaken for sciaticaor for disease of the Jiij^ or spine. The freedom of motion andthe absence of muscular spasm when the pelvis is fixed, if theexamination is carefully conducted, should exclude the although the movements of the spine may be checked bymuscular spasm it is not in the same degree as when the verte-bras are diseased. The pain on lateral pressure, which is de-scribed as the most characteristic symptom, may sometimes besimulated closely by primary acetabular disease. The attitudeis similar to that of sciatica, but the symptoms
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . may be mistaken for sciaticaor for disease of the Jiij^ or spine. The freedom of motion andthe absence of muscular spasm when the pelvis is fixed, if theexamination is carefully conducted, should exclude the although the movements of the spine may be checked bymuscular spasm it is not in the same degree as when the verte-bras are diseased. The pain on lateral pressure, which is de-scribed as the most characteristic symptom, may sometimes besimulated closely by primary acetabular disease. The attitudeis similar to that of sciatica, but the symptoms of local sensi-tiveness to jars and to manipulation are much more marked. Prognosis.—According to the statistics the prognosis is veryunfavorable, probably because the majority of the reported NON-TUBEBCULOUS AFFECTIONS OF THE SPINE. 147 cases were in adults complicated by coincident disease of thelungs and by infected and burrowing abscesses, which consti-tute the chief danger of this form of tuberculous disease. Fig. Fig.
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