The treatment of fractures . Fig. 387.—Fracture of hip or thigh. Emergency Fracture of the thigh. Method of holding leg in order to detect fracture of thethigh. Pelvis is steadied by an assistant. thigh, to prevent them being pushed through the skin and thusrendering the fracture an open one. An assistant should steadythe pelvis and upper thigh (see Fig. 388). The surgeon shouldgrasp the thigh above the condyles with both hands, and shouldmake traction in the axis of the limb. lie then determines thepull necessary to be exerted to hold the fragments this pull is maint
The treatment of fractures . Fig. 387.—Fracture of hip or thigh. Emergency Fracture of the thigh. Method of holding leg in order to detect fracture of thethigh. Pelvis is steadied by an assistant. thigh, to prevent them being pushed through the skin and thusrendering the fracture an open one. An assistant should steadythe pelvis and upper thigh (see Fig. 388). The surgeon shouldgrasp the thigh above the condyles with both hands, and shouldmake traction in the axis of the limb. lie then determines thepull necessary to be exerted to hold the fragments this pull is maintained by an assistant, the surgeon manip-ulates the thigh in order to learn with what ease or difficulty thefragments may be held in position. THE SHAFT OF THE FEMUR :85 In adults in fracture of the middle of the shaft of the femurtraction and immobilization are best maintained by a modifiedBucks extension apparatus. Materials needed for a modifiedBucks extension : Two strips of adhesive plaster, each twoinches wide and long enough to extend from the seat of fractureto the internal
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