. Southern medicine and surgery [serial]. nal fixation of fractured hipsis at present the teatment of choice and has beencarried out by a sufficient number of surgeons fora sufficient length of time to satisfy us that it can beoffered to patients without hesitation. It will notinsure union of every fracture but it has not themany disadvantages and discomforts noted in pre-vious methods of treatment. When Smith-Peterson first began using the rust-less flanged nail he made quite a major operationout of the procedure. His early practice was toopen down on the neck of the femur, carry out thereduc
. Southern medicine and surgery [serial]. nal fixation of fractured hipsis at present the teatment of choice and has beencarried out by a sufficient number of surgeons fora sufficient length of time to satisfy us that it can beoffered to patients without hesitation. It will notinsure union of every fracture but it has not themany disadvantages and discomforts noted in pre-vious methods of treatment. When Smith-Peterson first began using the rust-less flanged nail he made quite a major operationout of the procedure. His early practice was toopen down on the neck of the femur, carry out thereduction while inspecting the fracture and thenmake an additional incision over the trochanter toinsert the nail. This was more of an operationthan most of us were willing to advise for theseelderly people and this delayed the popularizationof the internal fixation method of treatment. The present and generally accepted method ofcarrying out the operation is sometimes termed 170 FRACTURES OF THE HIP—Miller, Roberts, and Winkler April, 1937. FIG. VIEW
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