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E T Preston

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PubMed1975

Ambulatory treatment of femoral shaft fractures with cast-brace.

Our early results support use of the cast-brace, early ambulation treatment of both open and closed fractures of the femoral shaft in all adult age groups. We believe initial traction should be used to reduce the fracture and maintain reduction until the fracture is clinically "sticky" to avoid subsequent malalignment in the cast-brace. The method facilitates early rehabilitation of the fractured extremity and the patient with minimal residual disability such as non-union, malunion, chronic infection and joint stiffness, so often associated with other forms of long bone fracture treatment.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Fractures of the neural arch of the axis. A report of twenty-nine cases.

Twenty-nine patients with fractures of the neural arch of the axis (hangman's fracture) were followed for an average of six years. Hyperextension and longitudinal compression were probably the forces most frequently causing this injury. Serious neurological damage was uncommon; none of these patients had any neural deficit at follow-up. In addition to the six patients in this series who were treated by surgical fusion, the remaining twenty-three patients, treated by traction and immobilization, all regained a stable cervical spine. Because healing of the fracture of the neural arch or spontaneous interbody fusion between the axis and the third cervical vertebra invariably occurs, surgical treatment of this injury is seldom if ever necessary.

Accidents, Traffic↗
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Total hip arthroplasty: a review of four years experience.

Forty-nine total hip replacements are reviewed after an average follow-up of 32 months. There is an 8.2% dislocation rate and an infection rate of 4.0%. There is a 39% incidence formation of "significant" amounts of heterotopic bone. From a review of the hip rating forms it is apparent that in most patients marked improvement is brought about by the operation.

Adult↗
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Congenital idiopathic clubfoot.

Using a relatively conservative approach to the problem, the results were fair to good in two-thirds of the patients in a series of 23 congenital idiopathic clubfeet with an average follow-up of 6 and one-half years.

Arthrodesis↗