Surgery; its theory and practice . Willes method of wiling the fragments in oblique fractures. low cylinders of bone, into the medullary cavity, is successful infixing the fracture and preventing lateral and longitudinal dis-placement where the fracture is not oblique, (c) Fixation with bone ferrules (Fig. 51) is??• SI- advised by Senn. For the femur and humerus he em-ploys the femur of the ox(Fig. 51A) ; for the tibia,the tibia of the ox () The ferrule shouldbe a quarter-of-an inch toan inch in breadth, themedullary canal being en-larged by a round file till the ferrule does not exceed
Surgery; its theory and practice . Willes method of wiling the fragments in oblique fractures. low cylinders of bone, into the medullary cavity, is successful infixing the fracture and preventing lateral and longitudinal dis-placement where the fracture is not oblique, (c) Fixation with bone ferrules (Fig. 51) is??• SI- advised by Senn. For the femur and humerus he em-ploys the femur of the ox(Fig. 51A) ; for the tibia,the tibia of the ox () The ferrule shouldbe a quarter-of-an inch toan inch in breadth, themedullary canal being en-larged by a round file till the ferrule does not exceed one-sixthof an inch in thickness. When an inch broad it should beperforated as shown in Fig. 51c, so as to facilitate its absorptionafter the fracture has united. If desired it may be partially orcompletely decalcified. If the ferrule is too large the spacebetween it and the fragments may be packed with small splinters-
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