The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Packards splint for after-treatment of excision of the knee. the splint here described. When the splint has been adjusted, the limbshould be laid on a pillow, or, better still, in a large and loose fracture box. Fig. Bracketed wire splint for after-treatment of excision of the knee. Any tendency to anterior projection of the femur may be counteracted, asadvised by Mr. Butcher, by using in addition a short anterior splint, whilethe risk of outward bowing may be prevented by using an e
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . Packards splint for after-treatment of excision of the knee. the splint here described. When the splint has been adjusted, the limbshould be laid on a pillow, or, better still, in a large and loose fracture box. Fig. Bracketed wire splint for after-treatment of excision of the knee. Any tendency to anterior projection of the femur may be counteracted, asadvised by Mr. Butcher, by using in addition a short anterior splint, whilethe risk of outward bowing may be prevented by using an external splint, ametal spring and truss-pad, as ingeniously suggested by Mr. Swain, or, whichI have found amply sufficient, a strip or two of adhesive plaster, loopedaround the outside of the limb and secured to the inner side of the splint. In what position shall the limb be placed after excision of the knee ? Somesurgeons recommend a slightly flexed position, believing that a somewhatbent limb is more useful than a straight one. This T regard as an error ; astiff unrcsected knee is no doubt better when anchylosed at a sli2:lit angle, soas to enable the patient to walk without swinging out his limb like that of acompass; but by excision the limb is ncfossarily so much shortoned as toobviate any risk of this compass-li
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