...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 squaring-off, with spurs at the corners, running upward from the femur,...

...findings showed a well-distributed formation of new bone under the periosteum -of the metacarpals and the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. The von Pirquet was positive and the Wassermann was negative. As a possible theory for the process,...

...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 squaring-off, with spurs at the corners, running upward from the femur,...

...joint with which any work might be done. In the knee-joint case the first step would be excision of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia ; the next, removal of the whole infected interior of the femur, disinfection, packing, and splints,...

...small areas are sharply defined from the surrounding body tissue. They are particularly numerous in the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. The patella is not involved, this bone shadowing normal structure. In the upper end of the femur these...

...by means of free transplantation of a section of the saphenous vein. on the inner and outer sides of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia (Fig. 372). They are congenital in origin, are singularly apt to be symmetrically located and not infrequently...

...the epiphysis — are quite normal. The following summary is given: — 1. The epiphyseal lines of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia remain till the age of fifteen. From two and one-half to eight years a very marked formation of bone...

...is rarely required in old ankylosis of the knee with flexion. In the latter case a wedge composed of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia is removed. The operation of cuneiform osteotomy is done adFIG. 527.- — CUNEIFORM OSTEOTOMY. FIG....

...situated between the fascia and skin around the patella, and the latter on the articular surfaces of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia I— VEINS WITHOUT VALVES I — Venae cavae II — Hepatic III — Portal and its branches IV— Renal...

...end of the bone on the shaft side of the epiphyseal line. The most common sites for development are the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. Some degree of periosteal reaction is usually found, but the earliest evidence of tumor formation is...