A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Transverse fracture ofthe patella. Oblique fracture of thepatella. PRACTURES OF THE PATELLA. Fracture of the patella, figs. iSI and 438, although comparatively uncom-mon, is of great practical importance, from its proximity to the knee-joint, and the imperfect manner in whichPig- 437. Fig. 438. it is usually repaired. It may extend through the bone in any direction,transversely, obliquely, or vertically,the frequency of the occurrence beingin the order here stated. When thefracture is comminuted, the fissuresoften exh
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . Transverse fracture ofthe patella. Oblique fracture of thepatella. PRACTURES OF THE PATELLA. Fracture of the patella, figs. iSI and 438, although comparatively uncom-mon, is of great practical importance, from its proximity to the knee-joint, and the imperfect manner in whichPig- 437. Fig. 438. it is usually repaired. It may extend through the bone in any direction,transversely, obliquely, or vertically,the frequency of the occurrence beingin the order here stated. When thefracture is comminuted, the fissuresoften exhibit the most irregulararrangement. The causes of the accident aretwo, external violence, and muscularaction. The transverse fracture isnearly always produced by the latter, or by the joint agency of the two, whilethe oblique and vertical are invariably the result of direct injury, as a fall, blow,or kick. In the latter case, consequently, there is frequently severe contusionof the soft parts, and sometimes the knee-joint is even laid open. The trans-verse fracture is pro
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