. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Separation of the upper epiphysis of the humerus ; dis-placement forward of the lower fragment. (Moore.) Upper epiphysis of the humerus at10 years; separated by side. (Moore.) distance below the line of fracture, the portion between the rent andthe line of fracture being stripped from the shaft and remainingattached to the epiphysis as an irregular sleeve. The younger thepatient the more marked apparently is this sleeve formation. The displacement is habitually of the shaft forward, and some-times to the outer or to the inn
. A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations. Separation of the upper epiphysis of the humerus ; dis-placement forward of the lower fragment. (Moore.) Upper epiphysis of the humerus at10 years; separated by side. (Moore.) distance below the line of fracture, the portion between the rent andthe line of fracture being stripped from the shaft and remainingattached to the epiphysis as an irregular sleeve. The younger thepatient the more marked apparently is this sleeve formation. The displacement is habitually of the shaft forward, and some-times to the outer or to the inner side, the posterior portion of the endof the shaft usually lodging in the saucer-shaped lower surface of theepiphysis, the latter being flexed and abducted (Fig. 98). Excep-1 Linser; Beitrage zur klin. Chir., 1900-01, v>1. xxix. p. 350, FRACTURES OF THE 100. Fig. L01. 227
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