A treatise on orthopedic surgery . yed as a substitute foraxillary crutches. It Is also used asa convalescent splint in the treatmentof hip disease. TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE HIP-JOINT. 381 Fig. 27.^. which the joint has been invaded, repair can hardly be antici-pated in less than three or four years. If sufficient time haselapsed to permit of natural cure, if there have been no symp-toms of active disease for a year or more, and if muscular spasmis absent, one may test the joint by removing the brace at nightto ascertain the effect of simple motion without weight freedom will en
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . yed as a substitute foraxillary crutches. It Is also used asa convalescent splint in the treatmentof hip disease. TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE HIP-JOINT. 381 Fig. 27.^. which the joint has been invaded, repair can hardly be antici-pated in less than three or four years. If sufficient time haselapsed to permit of natural cure, if there have been no symp-toms of active disease for a year or more, and if muscular spasmis absent, one may test the joint by removing the brace at nightto ascertain the effect of simple motion without weight freedom will enable the patient tomove the knee, which if it has beenfixed in the extended position usuallyremains stiff for a time; in fact, severalmonths may elapse before the full rangeof motion is regained. It is well, also, if the long splint has been used, to remove the thoracic part topermit mobility at the hip. At a latertime the traction may be discontinuedand the brace may be suspended fromthe shoulders to serve as a perineal Fig.
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