Fractures and dislocations, diagnosis and treatment (1915)
Preston, Miller Edwin, 1879- [from old catalog], Stover, H. G. [from old catalog] · St. Louis, C. V. Mosby company · leaf 217
proached. Thestructure of the bone in the olecranon explains the inadvisabilityof using nails or screws when securing the fragments by internalfixation. (See Fig. 269, page 204.) The upper epiphysis of the ulna consists of a thin layer or scaleof bone at the top of the olecranon which first shows… … Fig. 252.—Avulsion of cortical layer of compact tissue in which triceps finds inser-tion. accounts for the comparative rarity of avulsion and separation ofthis epiphysis. The line of the epiphyseal cartilage has beenmistaken for fracture. As previously stated the powerful triceps is inserted into…
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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