Abstract
Following the practice of reducing fractures under the fluoroscope, when possible, I have found that often, after a perfect reduction, a rotation of the lower on the upper fragment occurred when the forearm was placed in acute flexion on the lateral chest wall, in what is generally considered the Jones position. This was repeatedly shown by views taken after the usual dressing was applied. To prevent this rotation, I have devised a plaster dressing to hold the arm in the "lateral hyperflexion position." A study of more than a hundred school boys showed that the intercondylar plane does not pass through the body of the patient, but passes posteriorly, just touching the lumbar region and meeting the other intercondylar plane behind the spine. In other words, the arms hang so that the external condyles are anterior to the internal condyles. This natural position is maintained if the forearm is acutely
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