Lectures on orthopedic surgery . >^^4V. ^ Fig. 228.—Showing range of flexion in the boy with coxa vara. The first casehere reported. dren who have had a healthy infancy; it is more oftenthan otherwise unilateral and confined to the proximalends of the long bones; it is not accompanied by theusual symptoms and signs of infantile rickets, such asenlarged wrists and ankles, enlarged abdomen, deformedchest, square head, etc.; it progresses for severalmonths, or even for 2 or 3 years, when the progress 283 ceases and the deformities thenceforth remain un-changed. Correction of the deformity afte
Lectures on orthopedic surgery . >^^4V. ^ Fig. 228.—Showing range of flexion in the boy with coxa vara. The first casehere reported. dren who have had a healthy infancy; it is more oftenthan otherwise unilateral and confined to the proximalends of the long bones; it is not accompanied by theusual symptoms and signs of infantile rickets, such asenlarged wrists and ankles, enlarged abdomen, deformedchest, square head, etc.; it progresses for severalmonths, or even for 2 or 3 years, when the progress 283 ceases and the deformities thenceforth remain un-changed. Correction of the deformity after the pro-gress has ceased gives permanent results; correctionbefore this time is usually followed by a return of thedeformity. A traumatism occurring during the jDro-gress of the deformity may render the bone-end sensi-tive for some weeks and make a differential diagnosisfrom tubercular joint-disease somewhat difficult. It isonly by a careful consideration of the history of the
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