The treatment of fractures . cases arc not mentioned in this connection to comparemethods of treatment, but to determine the condition of the kneea long time after the injury. As a matter of fact, there appearedno greater freedom from the symptoms complained of among thecases operated on than among those unoperated. The results, as( ,m fully recorded in these forty-seven eases, suggest some of thedifficulties that patients experience after fracture of the patella. OPERATIVE TREATMENT 337 The detailed reports of these cases, from one and one-half to tenand one-half years after treat
The treatment of fractures . cases arc not mentioned in this connection to comparemethods of treatment, but to determine the condition of the kneea long time after the injury. As a matter of fact, there appearedno greater freedom from the symptoms complained of among thecases operated on than among those unoperated. The results, as( ,m fully recorded in these forty-seven eases, suggest some of thedifficulties that patients experience after fracture of the patella. OPERATIVE TREATMENT 337 The detailed reports of these cases, from one and one-half to tenand one-half years after treatment ceased, show that about twentyhave as good a leg as before the accident. The remaining twenty-seven cases complain of limitation of motion at the knee-joint,that the knee creaks in walking, that it feels stiff, aches, and burnsat times. The leg is said to be weak, and is troublesome in goingup and down stairs—stepping up is especially difficult; kneelingis painful ; stepping upon irregular surfaces is painful; running. Fig. 472.—Old fracture of patella. Muchseparation of fragments. Small nodules ofbone seen in the band of union (X-ray tracing).
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