. Railway surgery : a handbook on the management of injuries . FlG. 50.—Skiagraph of Fracture of Radius and Ulna, showing overriding- of the FIG. 51.—Dressing for Fracture of the Bones of the Forearm (also used for Colles fracture). 134 RAILWAY SURGERY, cult and frequently totally impossible to overcome. Fig. 50, taken from an .r-ray picture of such a fracture, shows this condition. Treatment. As to treatment, the application of straight splints toboth sides of the forearm, and their retention for the ordi-nary period of from four to five weeks, will give as goodresults as can be e
. Railway surgery : a handbook on the management of injuries . FlG. 50.—Skiagraph of Fracture of Radius and Ulna, showing overriding- of the FIG. 51.—Dressing for Fracture of the Bones of the Forearm (also used for Colles fracture). 134 RAILWAY SURGERY, cult and frequently totally impossible to overcome. Fig. 50, taken from an .r-ray picture of such a fracture, shows this condition. Treatment. As to treatment, the application of straight splints toboth sides of the forearm, and their retention for the ordi-nary period of from four to five weeks, will give as goodresults as can be expected (see Fig. 51). The subsequentmotion is usually perfect, although some limitation in pro-nation frequently remains permanent. Colles Fracture. In fractures near the wrist, we are most frequently con-fronted by that form of lesion known as Colles fracture. Caused as it is by falling on the outstretched palm, thecondition is an impacted fracture of the lower three-fourthsinch of the radius. There is also, as a consequence, a dis-location of the ulna on to the dorsal surface of the cunei-form bone, throwing the styloid process prominently o
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