The treatment of fractures . ..—Attitude characteristic of a recent fracture of the right clavicle. b C d. i, :. Diagram of the ligaments attached to and neai the clavicle on its undei surface:a. Rhomboid ; b, conoid; c, trapezoid j d, coraco-a al. 10S TREATMENT IN ADULTS 109 under these circumstances will be difficult. Localized pain andthe disability of the arm will suggest the lesion present. Fracture of the Clavicle in Childhood.—More than one-thirdof all fractures of the clavicle occur in children under five yearsof age. A trivial injury is the usual cause of the fracture. Alittle child m
The treatment of fractures . ..—Attitude characteristic of a recent fracture of the right clavicle. b C d. i, :. Diagram of the ligaments attached to and neai the clavicle on its undei surface:a. Rhomboid ; b, conoid; c, trapezoid j d, coraco-a al. 10S TREATMENT IN ADULTS 109 under these circumstances will be difficult. Localized pain andthe disability of the arm will suggest the lesion present. Fracture of the Clavicle in Childhood.—More than one-thirdof all fractures of the clavicle occur in children under five yearsof age. A trivial injury is the usual cause of the fracture. Alittle child may fall from a low chair or out of bed and fracturethe bone. The fracture is most always incomplete or green-stick. The child cries upon moving the arm. Lifting the childby placing the hands in the armpits causes pain. The arm ofthe injured side may be used as naturally as the other or theremay be some disability, perhaps simply a disinclination to usethe arm. If the fracture is greenstick, a tender swellingappears at the seat of the fracture. If the fracture is complete,an unevenness will be felt a
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