The treatment of fractures . \ <^A 1 External condyle. I —\— i Capitellum. - J Upper radial epiphysis. Fig. 202.—Fracture of external condyle of humerus. Child five years of age. Nucleus forcapitellum seen below fragment. epiphysis. A fullness will be noticed in front of the elbow-joint, and posteriorly the point of the elbow will appear prom-inent. The small lower fragment is displaced backward with thebones of the forearm; the upper fragment or shaft of thehumerus is displaced forward, causing the fullness in the bend ofthe elbow (see Fig. 205). The three bony points maintain theirnormal
The treatment of fractures . \ <^A 1 External condyle. I —\— i Capitellum. - J Upper radial epiphysis. Fig. 202.—Fracture of external condyle of humerus. Child five years of age. Nucleus forcapitellum seen below fragment. epiphysis. A fullness will be noticed in front of the elbow-joint, and posteriorly the point of the elbow will appear prom-inent. The small lower fragment is displaced backward with thebones of the forearm; the upper fragment or shaft of thehumerus is displaced forward, causing the fullness in the bend ofthe elbow (see Fig. 205). The three bony points maintain theirnormal relations. This distinguishes the fracture from a disloca-tion of both bones backward (see Fig. 206). Crepitus will bedetected upon grasping the arm firmly above and below thedhow -joint (see I*ig. 195). Recurrence of the displacement oftenfollows its correction unless the fracture is properly Fig. 203.—Case of transverse fracture above the condyles of the left humerus; characteristicdeformity. The anterior deformity is higher than in a case of dislocation of the elbow.
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