Modern surgery, general and operative . ^, the cylinders being perforatedin many places (bone-ferrules). I re-gard the silver plate of Halsted andsteel plate of Lane as the most satis-factory appliances in use. Ununited Fractures of the FemoralNeck.—Loreta did the first successfuloperation for this condition a numberof years ago. The operation is notadapted to the aged, but should cer-tainly be employed in 3ouths andmiddle-aged indiAiduals if the general condition of the patient or some particular diseased state does not forbid,and if pain is severe and disability is pronounced. Leonard Freema
Modern surgery, general and operative . ^, the cylinders being perforatedin many places (bone-ferrules). I re-gard the silver plate of Halsted andsteel plate of Lane as the most satis-factory appliances in use. Ununited Fractures of the FemoralNeck.—Loreta did the first successfuloperation for this condition a numberof years ago. The operation is notadapted to the aged, but should cer-tainly be employed in 3ouths andmiddle-aged indiAiduals if the general condition of the patient or some particular diseased state does not forbid,and if pain is severe and disability is pronounced. Leonard Freeman ad^^ses an anterior incision beginning below and ex-ternal to the anterior superior iliac spine and extending dowoiward, external tothe sartorius, for 3 or 4 inches (Annals of Surg., Oct., 1904). When thefragments are exposed, the connective tissue between them is cut away bymeans of scissors, the surfaces of the fragments are freshened by a chisel or. Fig. 430.—^\Viring of bones for ununited frac-ture: a, a, SawTi surfaces approximated after re-moval of old material which was interposed be-tween the fragments; h-b, b-b, perforations drilledcompletelj across the bone; c, c, ^^ares ready fortnisting.
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