Fracture of Patella Resulting from Syphilitic Osteitis

Fracture of the Patella

judgment of the surgeon in charge of the case. I will briefly mention the five methods of treatment that are now in fashion, and offer some remarks on each. Firstly, the plan without operation. This, the old one, consists of rest with the application of splint and bandages. There are various excellent ways of drawing the fragments together, and perhaps in almost the majority of cases this metho...

Fracture of the Patella

are admitted into the Jamsetjee Jeejeeblioy Hospital, and thus I have not had a very large experience, even after a considerable number of years, of this accident. The usual plan has been, up to quite recently, to treat these fractures by the ordinary back splint and pieces of stickingplaster shaped like a horse-shoe applied above and below so as to approximate the fragments as much as possible...

Stress fracture of the patella.

Stress fractures are rarely an indication for surgical treatment. In our case we decided to operate on the patient because of distraction of the fragments. Solid bony healing took longer than in traumatic fractures, but the good functional result confirmed our regimen.

Instability resulting from a missed Chance fracture.

D improvements in seat and seat-belt designs, lap-belt injuries continue to occur in children. The diagnosis of abdominal and spinal injuries is often delayed or missed completely. Heightened awareness, a good history and physical examination, as well as the appropriate investigations are required for the prompt diagnosis of such injuries. We present the case of a young boy with a lap-belt inju...

Treatment of Fracture of the Patella