...thus out of the way of pressure. Surgical Anatomy of the Knee-joint.—The knee-joint is made up of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia and the patella. The lower end of the femur is expanded and rather cuboidal in form, having two prominent...

...is ankylosed at an angle of 150°. April4,1920. Fourth operation. A cuneiform wedge was taken out of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. Infection followed the operation. November 8, 1920. Admitted to Ward 3. Three discharging sinuses were...

...the region adjacent to the junction of the shafts with the epiphyses. The upper and lower extremities of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are the common sites of such fractures, but the upper end of the humérus may also be affected. A very startling...

...gently flexed as this dissection is being carried out. Much of the tuberculous tissue is removed as the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are isolated. A quick dissection of the upper cul-de-sac is made. Calculating the desired angle of fixation,...

...irregular juxta-epiphyseal hyperostoses, particularly marked at knee, hip, shoulder, ankle and wrist. The lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia have shown a characteristic squaringoff, with spurs at the corners, running upward from the femur,...

...the articular surface of the head of the femur further forward, throws back the articular surfaces of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, and throws forward the articular surface at the inferior end of the tibia and on the subjacent malleolus....

...The patella can be moved slightly. Operation. — A V-shaped piece of bone, including the patella, the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, was removed. Result, a little over one year after operation.— General health excellent ; complete...

...shafts of the bones they are to join are the first to show ossification. Thus the two earliest are the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. The lower end of the fibula by this rule precedes the upper. The femur is a good example. The lower...

...cortical point origin is usually in the diaphysis near the epiphyseal line, and is mos=^--^t common in the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia an- .vk«i the humerus. (2) The base may vary from a narrow pedicle to a broa_^n.«f one and the tumour...

...described the case of Hector McCaghen, a thirty-three-year-old sailor with a tuberculous knee. Park excised the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia and brought the ends together. The wound healed and the ends fused together. The patient had a useful...