. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Intercondyloid fracture of the femur.(Bryant.) Comminuted fracture of the femur, -withsplitting of the condyles. (Gurlt.) The injury is frequently compound, from within outward bv the endof the upper fragment, especially when the fracture is oblique; danger-ous pressure l)y one or the other fragment upon the })oi)liteal vessels isnot uncommon, and the vein and artery have been torn, the vein tliemore frequently. In one of my cases—fracture of both femurs bv afall of forty feet, the ])atient dying in thirty-six hours—one fracturewas compound
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Intercondyloid fracture of the femur.(Bryant.) Comminuted fracture of the femur, -withsplitting of the condyles. (Gurlt.) The injury is frequently compound, from within outward bv the endof the upper fragment, especially when the fracture is oblique; danger-ous pressure l)y one or the other fragment upon the })oi)liteal vessels isnot uncommon, and the vein and artery have been torn, the vein tliemore frequently. In one of my cases—fracture of both femurs bv afall of forty feet, the ])atient dying in thirty-six hours—one fracturewas compound by })erforation of the muscle and skin in front by theupper fragment, the other was simple, but the })opliteal vein was torn,and there was a large extravasation of blood in the thigh. In eachthe lower end of the uj)per fragment was very irregular, but not broke>i 400 FRACTURES. Fig. 277. obliquely, and there was much comminution between it and the con-dyles ; the compact layer on the posterior face of the bone was pressedin toward the centre
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