The treatment of fractures . These sixteen caseswere treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital by gentletraction and immobilization, for periods varying from a few weeksto a few months. The patients then went about with other treatment was used. Nearly all the cases were unim-pacted either primarily or secondarily. At the time of the acci-dent seven cases were between forty-two and forty-seven years KKACTURK OF THE HIP PROGNOSIS 265 old, the remainder—with two exceptions, whose ages are notstated—were over fifty ; three were over sixty years old. Thesecases reported for examina
The treatment of fractures . These sixteen caseswere treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital by gentletraction and immobilization, for periods varying from a few weeksto a few months. The patients then went about with other treatment was used. Nearly all the cases were unim-pacted either primarily or secondarily. At the time of the acci-dent seven cases were between forty-two and forty-seven years KKACTURK OF THE HIP PROGNOSIS 265 old, the remainder—with two exceptions, whose ages are notstated—were over fifty ; three were over sixty years old. Thesecases reported for examination from two and one-half to twenty-four and one-half years after the accident. Thirteen of the six-teen cases have impairment of the functional usefulness of theleg ; a weakness of the limb, necessitating a crutch in many in-stances ; all movements at the hip somewhat restricted ; atrophyof the muscles of the thigh, buttock, and calf of the leg ; a de-cided limp, requiring a cane , pain in the hip extending clown the.
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