A treatise on orthopedic surgery . 3. both knees as a single or double spica according to the in-dications. The Calot Jacket.—Calot was at one time an advocate of theimmediate correction of the deformity of Potts disease, a treat-ment described in previous editions of this book. Although the-method is no longer used, it served its purpose in calling atten-tion to the importance of more effective preventive treatment,,and it has further been demonstrated that the deformity maybe corrected to the same degree, as far as the final result is con-cerned, by milder methods. One of these is the convex
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . 3. both knees as a single or double spica according to the in-dications. The Calot Jacket.—Calot was at one time an advocate of theimmediate correction of the deformity of Potts disease, a treat-ment described in previous editions of this book. Although the-method is no longer used, it served its purpose in calling atten-tion to the importance of more effective preventive treatment,,and it has further been demonstrated that the deformity maybe corrected to the same degree, as far as the final result is con-cerned, by milder methods. One of these is the convex stretcherframe in recumbency, and another is the Calot jacket in ambu-latory treatment. 84 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY. The essentials of the Calot support are fixation of the neckand shoulders as well as of the pelvis, and direct pressure overthe kyphosis, the front of the jacket having been cut away sothat the trunk may be forced forward, thus straightening thespine as a whole, and in some degree the local deformity. Fig. 47. Fig.
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