An inquiry into the difficulties encountered in the reduction of dislocations of the hip.

  • Allis, Oscar H. (Oscar Huntingdon), 1836-1921
Date:
1896
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Credit: An inquiry into the difficulties encountered in the reduction of dislocations of the hip. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dislocation takes place; and (3) to the relation of the femui' to the vessels in the act of dislocation.^ At their exit from the pelvis beneath Poupart's ligament the femoral vessels lie on a plane a little anterior to the head of the femur. They are not covered with muscles in Scarpa's triangle, but Fig. 14. lie upon muscles which pass from the pelvis to the linea aspera. The head of the femur approaches the femoral vessels only in dis- locations inward ; and in dislocations inward the femur must be flexed and abducted the instant the rupture of the capsule takes place. Hence the muscles that constitute the floor of the femoral ' In the only case that I have seen reported of fatal hemorrhage the femoral vessels were ruptured by hyper-extension of the thigh upon the pelvis. In this position the vessels are drawn tensely across the head of the femur at the instant when the head bursts through the capsule. lu the case reported a cavalryman was thrown from his horse and the whole thigh carried backward, so that the knee lay between the shoulders. Stimson's Treatise on Dislocations.
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