Thomas B. Quigley

Injuries to the acromioclavicular joint

Abstract 1. 1. The functional anatomy and the mechanism of injury to the acromioclavicular joint is discussed. 2. 2. A simple conservative method of treatment is described, together with the result of its application in 173 consecutive cases.1. 1. The functional anatomy and the mechanism of injury to the acromioclavicular joint is discussed. 2. 2. A simple conservative method of treatment is described, together with the result of its application in 173 consecutive cases.

Fractures and ligament injuries of the ankle

Abstract A program of prevention, prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries to the ankle is presented, including methods of demonstration of complete ligament rupture or avulsion. Precise surgical repair of completely torn supporting soft tissues is rarely contra indicated in athletes, and little less than perfect reduction of fractures is acceptable. Sprains, or incomplete ligament tears are best treated immediately by cold, compression, rest and elevation. No way has been found to accelerate the healing of a wound, such as a sprain, but many things can delay the process including novocain, hydrocortisone, manipulation and “running it out.”

Interphalangeal joints: A method of digital skeletal traction which permits active motion

Abstract 1. 1. A new method of digital skeletal traction is described, which is atraumatic and permits motion at the interphalangeal joints. 2. 2. Application of this method has been made with fingers in extension and in flexion. It has been observed that while the rate of return of function is the same for either position, flexion is preferable since the usefulness of the hand is much greater during the period of rehabilitation. 3. 3. The indications for digital traction are reviewed. 4. 4. Three pertinent cases are presented.

Recurrent dislocation of the shoulder: A preliminary report of personal experience with seven bankart and ninety-two putti-platt operations in ninety-nine cases over twenty-five years

Summary In the experience of one surgeon, the Putti-Platt operation has been a safe, simple, easily taught, and reliable answer to the problem of recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder.

Well-leg traction: a still-useful nonoperative method of treatment of certain fractures of the hip.

Abstract A patient with an intertrochanteric fracture of the femur is presented in whom operative treatment and standard traction were contraindicated by large decubitus ulcers, congestive heart failure, and urinary incontinence. Reduction, union, and healing were achieved by the Anderson well-leg traction apparatus, a method of treatment which, since its presentation forty years ago, has been overshadowed by internal fixation technics.

Emergency treatment of chemical burns of the eye.

To provide the general practitioner, as well as the specialist with concise, readily available information on the latest, proved methods of treatment of conditions commonly encountered in an average practice, Postgraduate Medicine offers this department to its readers. It is not, of course, intended to present these discussions as the only acceptable therapeutic procedures to be used, but rather to offer simple regimens and recommendations based on the extensive experience of the physicians who prepared these summaries.