A system of surgery . -Obturator Dislocation of tinHip. 1004 DISLOCATIONS. Treatment.— Flex the leg on the thigh, and the thigh on the pelvisin slight abduction; adduct the thigh until opposite the Fig. 411.—Flexion, Abduction and Rotation inwards in Pubic or Obturator Dislocations. Rotate inwards and extend (Fig. 411). By this means theof the bone retraces its steps into the aceta-bulum. In some cases of this manipula-tion, too forcible flexion of the thigh maypress the displaced head backwards to-wards the sciatic region. Abduction androtation outwards may then succeed, whenthe p
A system of surgery . -Obturator Dislocation of tinHip. 1004 DISLOCATIONS. Treatment.— Flex the leg on the thigh, and the thigh on the pelvisin slight abduction; adduct the thigh until opposite the Fig. 411.—Flexion, Abduction and Rotation inwards in Pubic or Obturator Dislocations. Rotate inwards and extend (Fig. 411). By this means theof the bone retraces its steps into the aceta-bulum. In some cases of this manipula-tion, too forcible flexion of the thigh maypress the displaced head backwards to-wards the sciatic region. Abduction androtation outwards may then succeed, whenthe previous manipulation has failed. So,too, flexion of the thigh and lifting thehead of the femur outwards and upwardsinto the acetabulum, combinedwith rotation inwards and out-wards, have proved the surgeon is adduct-ing the flexed limb, a powerfulassistant may pass a jack-towel round the thigh, and thepelvis being firmlyfixed, he, passinghis shouldersthrough the towel,heaves upwardsand outwards,while the surgeonadducts the limband rotates it in-wards. This dislo-cation has alsobeen reduced by head
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