Subcutaneous nailing, exploratory incision, and the extended elbow in condyloid fractures of the humerus / by John B. Roberts.

  • Roberts, John B. (John Bingham), 1852-1924.
Date:
[1898]
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Credit: Subcutaneous nailing, exploratory incision, and the extended elbow in condyloid fractures of the humerus / by John B. Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tried it, though some of my colleagues at the Philadel- phia Polyclinic have had, I understand, satisfaction from its employ. 8. Good results as to anatomic conformation and as to mo- bility can usually be obtained by the adoption of the measures suggested. This proposition is simply a corollary to the other statements of my paper and needs no elaboration. 9. Osteotomy, with or without nailing, may be judicious treatment for fractures of the condyles united with deformity or followed by ankylosis. In July, 1878, I published in the Edinburgh Medical Journal an article advocating refracture for deformed union of fractures. In those days the investigations of Lister had not yet taught us all to make wounds almost with impunity; but since then the surgical world has recognized the value of osteotomy in correcting de- formities, whether traumatic, trophic, or inflammatory. There is no valid reason why the same method should not be employed in elbow-fractures demanding relief for disability or deformity.