Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . Fig. 97.—Old fracture of the radius with pronounced and typicaldisplacement. Eontgen-ray picture. (Friedrich Schiitt, forty-eightyears.) from the pressure of the bandage, it may be left out, asshown in figure 99, so as to prevent the bandage frombecoming too tight at this point. If the fracture is Avellreduced, there is, as a rule, no tendency for the deformityto recur. [In reducing a fracture of the lower end of the radius 222 FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS. I have found, both in recent and old injuries, that forcedoverextension of the h
Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . Fig. 97.—Old fracture of the radius with pronounced and typicaldisplacement. Eontgen-ray picture. (Friedrich Schiitt, forty-eightyears.) from the pressure of the bandage, it may be left out, asshown in figure 99, so as to prevent the bandage frombecoming too tight at this point. If the fracture is Avellreduced, there is, as a rule, no tendency for the deformityto recur. [In reducing a fracture of the lower end of the radius 222 FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS. I have found, both in recent and old injuries, that forcedoverextension of the hand and lower fragment of the radius. Fig. 98.—Showing assistance in dressing a typical fracture of thelower end of the radius (see Fig. 99). breaks up the impaction, and then by the forced flexionand direct pressure, associated with full traction, the frag-ment is more easily brought to the correct position. It is a very important point(one frequently neg-lected) that the impac-tions of the fragmentsshould be completelybroken up by this ma-nipulation before theattempt is made at re-duction.—Ed.] The dressing shouldinclude the entire fore-arm, the wrist-joint,andthe metacarpal region ;the elbow-joint neednot be, and the fingers must not be fixed. Forced inac-tion of the fingers in many persons is apt to produce atroublesome rigidity that can only be removed by pain-
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