The practice of surgery . e anesthetized when one finds thatlateral mobility exists. I referred to this injuiy in discussing thefractures about the elbow-joint, and pointed out that fractures maybe associated with dislocations. The head of the radius also alonemay be dislocated when there appears the characteristic deformity. The treatment of elbow dislocations is simple enough when the dis-location is recent, but, as has been so well said by Stimson, in thereduction of any dislocation the displaced bone should be reduced bythe path along which it came when dislocated. A haphazard methodof red
The practice of surgery . e anesthetized when one finds thatlateral mobility exists. I referred to this injuiy in discussing thefractures about the elbow-joint, and pointed out that fractures maybe associated with dislocations. The head of the radius also alonemay be dislocated when there appears the characteristic deformity. The treatment of elbow dislocations is simple enough when the dis-location is recent, but, as has been so well said by Stimson, in thereduction of any dislocation the displaced bone should be reduced bythe path along which it came when dislocated. A haphazard methodof reduction of a dislocation is unsurgical. When the elbow disloca-tion is uncomplicated, use two steps for its reduction: First, extendcompletely the forearm, which frees the coronoid from the olecranonfossa and the posterior surface of the humems; second, employ firm SPECIAL DISLOCATIONS 933 traction upon the forearm and flex it, when the bones slip back intoplace. The reduction being completed, put up the arm in an internal. Fig. 639.—Showing a method of reduction of a dislocation of the elbow back-ward. *Xote partial extension of forearm on arm; position of thumbs of surgeonbehind olecranon making pressure forward while fingers make pressure backward(Scudder). angular splint for two or three days, after which remove the splint,bandage the arm, and massage it as I have already described. V^e
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