1. The steps of the operation of spinal osteotomy, as carried out with the patient in the lateral posture, are described. 2. Details of post-operative management are given. 3. The major risks of the operation are discussed and precautions suggested.
The technique of the transfibular approach for arthrodesis of the ankle joint is described. The results of this operation in a series of thirty cases shows that the procedure is reliable if the technique is carried out faithfully. The two cases in which a first operation failed can both be explained by errors of technique or after-treatment.
recurrent dislocation at the shoulder. Bloch records the case of a medical man, aged 43 years, who since an accident during adolescence had been subject to repeated luxation at the right shoulder, six times on slight provocation and 0n the last two occasions apparently " spontaneous.
THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY Lane had always believed that resorption of bone round plates or screws was a consequence of infection and he declared that "rarefying osteitis in plain English means dirty surgery." The non-touch technique he developed certainly gave him success far beyond that of others, MEDULLARY NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS 697 VOL. 32 B, NO. 4, NOVEMBER THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY MEDULLARY NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS 699 VOL. 32 B, NO. 4, NOVEMBER 1950 THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY MEI)ULLARY NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS 701 VOL. 32 B, NO. 4, NOVEMBER 1950 THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY MEDULLARY NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY MEDULLARY NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS NAILING OF FRACTURES AFTER FIFTY YEARS
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