A manual of modern surgery : an exposition of the accepted doctrines and approved operative procedures of the present time, for the use of students and practitioners . Reduction of a backward dislocation of the hip by upwardtraction on the leg which is flexed at a right angle. (Till- MANNS.) Fig. Diagram showing first stage of Alliss method of reducing forward dislocations of the femur compli-cated with fracture, ^llis. ) injured extremity upward toward the ceiling ; he then turns the leginward to cause outward rotation of the thigh and finally brings theleg and thigh down in extension.
A manual of modern surgery : an exposition of the accepted doctrines and approved operative procedures of the present time, for the use of students and practitioners . Reduction of a backward dislocation of the hip by upwardtraction on the leg which is flexed at a right angle. (Till- MANNS.) Fig. Diagram showing first stage of Alliss method of reducing forward dislocations of the femur compli-cated with fracture, ^llis. ) injured extremity upward toward the ceiling ; he then turns the leginward to cause outward rotation of the thigh and finally brings theleg and thigh down in extension. Reduction may sometimes be sue- DISLOCATIONS OF THE FEMUR. 545 cessfully accomplished by upward traction of the thigh while it isin a position of right angle flexion with the trunk. The leg is finallyabducted and extended. The method proposed by Kocher is very similar to that advocatedby Bigelow. He rotates the thigh inward, flexes the hip to a rightangle, draws the thigh upwards, rotates outwards and extends. Fig. 310. The purpose of these movementsis to first relax the capsule andilio-femoral ligament and lift the
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