A textbook of obstetrics . cent, of the childrenlost their lives ( Winckel). Fractures of the Pelvis.—Out of 13,200 fractures reportedfrom ninelarge hospitals in America and in Europe, but ,s„ of oneper cent, were fractures of the pelvis. When one considers thatalmost all grave injuries of the pelvis end fatally, the rarity (^ apelvic deformity dependent upon a united fracture of a pelvicbone in a woman of child-bearing agemay be appreciated. Most ANOMALIES IX THE FORCES OF LABOR 457 frequently the fracture is found in the pubes, next in the ilium, next in the ischium, next in the acetabulum,
A textbook of obstetrics . cent, of the childrenlost their lives ( Winckel). Fractures of the Pelvis.—Out of 13,200 fractures reportedfrom ninelarge hospitals in America and in Europe, but ,s„ of oneper cent, were fractures of the pelvis. When one considers thatalmost all grave injuries of the pelvis end fatally, the rarity (^ apelvic deformity dependent upon a united fracture of a pelvicbone in a woman of child-bearing agemay be appreciated. Most ANOMALIES IX THE FORCES OF LABOR 457 frequently the fracture is found in the pubes, next in the ilium, next in the ischium, next in the acetabulum, and least frequentlyof all in the sacrum. The effect of a fracture of the pelvis uponthe shape and size of its canal depends on the location ol the fracture-, and the deformity may be due t distortion of the pelvicwalls, to excessive callous formation, or to ossification of the pelvicjoints nearest the seat of fracture. In a fracture of the acetabu-lum the result of hip-joint disease, the head of the femur may. Fig. 321.—Fracture of the pelvis (Otto).
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