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 491
ibs. The close relations existing between the ribsand pleura account for the frequency of complications involving 459 460 l^^RACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS this membrane and the underlying lung, especially in fracturesproduced by indirect violence. When a single rib is fractured there is little tendency… … Fractures of third, fourth, fifth and sixth ribs. bility of deformity, as is also the case when a single rib is brokenin two or more places. Dislocation of the ribs may occur at either end, though theirstructure and the strength of their articulations render fractureby far the more common injury.…
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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