Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . lustrated in the platewas obtained at the autopsy. (Authors collection.) the body. The body striking against the ground, stonepavement, or wooden floor brings about a compression ofthe neck of the femur in its longitudinal axis, between thehead and the trochanteric region. This compression, as inthe analogous case of force applied to the long bones(upper end of the humerus), produces a fracture at thepoint of junction between the thinner compact neck of thefemur and the more voluminous and spongy tissue of theadjacent region. Fracture
Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . lustrated in the platewas obtained at the autopsy. (Authors collection.) the body. The body striking against the ground, stonepavement, or wooden floor brings about a compression ofthe neck of the femur in its longitudinal axis, between thehead and the trochanteric region. This compression, as inthe analogous case of force applied to the long bones(upper end of the humerus), produces a fracture at thepoint of junction between the thinner compact neck of thefemur and the more voluminous and spongy tissue of theadjacent region. Fracture takes place either at the junc-tion of head and neck, or at the junction between the neckand the trochanteric region; in other words, either amedian or, what is more usual, a lateral fracture of theneck of the femur is produced. These fractures, likeother compression-fractures, are usually characterized byimpaction of the fragments. In lateral fractures of the neck of the femur the linesof fracture extend into the trochanteric region ; inversely, ^.. b
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