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 596
the method of treating fracture of the shaft of thefemur m children by vertical extension. At the end of two Aveeks the extremity is low-ered to an inclined plane and treated in this position until union is complete. The pa-tient IS secured to a Bradford frame by means of a band about the body. 45… … Fig. 634.—The Bradford frame. The frame is made of gas pipe and covered withcanvas It is usually necessary to employ some means of securing the patient (especiallya child) to the frame. (See Fig. 632.) >= f \ f .y the patient is placed in bed a Bucks extension apparatus should beapplied to…
Fractures · Dislocations · X-rays
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