A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Schultze pelvic support for the application of the plaster spica. of abduction mav be assured. This is of the greatest importance,for when the head of the femur lies deep in the acetabulum Fig. Box with adjustable sacral support of the model used for theapplication of the plaster spica. direct pressure is removed from its up]ier surface and the corre-sponding surface of the acetabulum, those points which mostoften present evidence of pressure erosion. TUBEECULOUS DISEASE OF TEE HIP-JOINT. 369 If the patient is seen early before deformity ha
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Schultze pelvic support for the application of the plaster spica. of abduction mav be assured. This is of the greatest importance,for when the head of the femur lies deep in the acetabulum Fig. Box with adjustable sacral support of the model used for theapplication of the plaster spica. direct pressure is removed from its up]ier surface and the corre-sponding surface of the acetabulum, those points which mostoften present evidence of pressure erosion. TUBEECULOUS DISEASE OF TEE HIP-JOINT. 369 If the patient is seen early before deformity has appeared theshort spica is applied without preliminary traction and locomo-tion is permitted if the symptoms indicate that the joint willtolerate it. This treatment in which the degree of protection is adaptedto the character of the disease differs from that of Lorenz, whichis practically a routine ambulatory treatment by the short spica,as decidedly as from the routine treatment by braces. The principles are those that govern the treatment of tuber- FiG. 258.
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