A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The modified stretcher frame showing overextension of the spine, with trac-tion for the head and limbs as applied for Potts paraplegia. Caused by diseasein the upper dorsal region. (See Fig. 56.) inspected, bathed with alcohol and powdered, and the apparatusis then reapplied. It is, of course, desirable to have twoequipped frames, but this is by no means essential. TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 71 The effect of the continued fixation upon the back is notmerely to change the contour of the spine, but of the entire trunkas well; to flatten and broaden the b
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The modified stretcher frame showing overextension of the spine, with trac-tion for the head and limbs as applied for Potts paraplegia. Caused by diseasein the upper dorsal region. (See Fig. 56.) inspected, bathed with alcohol and powdered, and the apparatusis then reapplied. It is, of course, desirable to have twoequipped frames, but this is by no means essential. TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 71 The effect of the continued fixation upon the back is notmerely to change the contour of the spine, but of the entire trunkas well; to flatten and broaden the body. This increase of thelateral at the expense of the anteroposterior diameter is quitethe reverse of the natural tendency of the deformity, and it is,therefore, a favorable rather than an unfavorable effect of thetreatment. The same tendency in the lower region may bechecked by the use of a flannel binder, such as is ordinarilyworn by infants. Fig. A perfect cure obtained by the stretcher treatment. The situation of the dis-ease is shown in the ir-ray picture, Fig. 35. The method of attaching the patient to the frame varies some-what according to the situation and character of the ordinary cases, as has been stated, a canvas apron, similar tothat used with the back brace (Fig. 63), is applied, and isbuckled to the sides of the frame. If advisable the shouldersmay be held down by bands crossing the chest or by axillarystraps connected by a chest band. If still more effective fixationis desired, as in disease of the upper dorsal region, the anterior 72 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. shoulder brace, as used with the back brace (Fig. 62), may beattached to the axillary straps. In disease of the upper and Fig. 35.
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