A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Deformity caused by persistent sci-atica of the right side. This attitudeis similar to that symptomatic of sacro-iliac disease. Sacroiliac disease in a child,showing the extra pelvic abscessabove the diseased articulation. —The local treatment consists in protecting thediseased parts from injury. This in painful cases requirescomplete rest of the individual. Local support may be assuredby a double Thomas hip splint or spica plaster including the 148 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. body and both limbs. In milder cases a back brace with a widepelvic band so arra
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Deformity caused by persistent sci-atica of the right side. This attitudeis similar to that symptomatic of sacro-iliac disease. Sacroiliac disease in a child,showing the extra pelvic abscessabove the diseased articulation. —The local treatment consists in protecting thediseased parts from injury. This in painful cases requirescomplete rest of the individual. Local support may be assuredby a double Thomas hip splint or spica plaster including the 148 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. body and both limbs. In milder cases a back brace with a widepelvic band so arranged that firm pressure may be made aboutthe pelvis supplemented by crutches may permit ambulation. When infected abscess is present radical treatment is usuallyindicated. The articulation should be freely exposed and thediseased bone should be entirely removed, if possible. Intra-pelvic abscess should be drained through a direct communica-tion, if possible, in order to check the tendency toward bur-rowing. The sacroiliac articu
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