Abstract
Previous to the period of open operation, fracture dislocation of the head of the humerus was treated by one of three methods: (1) An attempt was made to reduce the head by direct pressure; (2) this failing, union was sought with the head in its dislocated position; (3) a false joint was produced at the fracture site. When the last method was employed, occasionally the head became absorbed, or would become necrotic and finally find its way to the surface, this being sequestrated. Following the development of aseptic surgery, McBurney devised a special hook to be inserted in the fragment in order to reduce it by traction. He 1 collected from the literature, including foreign reports, 117 of these cases and, subsequent to his report, Mason has reported an additional thirty-six. From this, the relative infrequency of this serious combination of lesions is at once apparent. Reduction being impossible by
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