Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1939;21:701-709.
© 1939 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
THE COLONNA RECONSTRUCTION OPERATION FOR UNUNITED FRACTURES OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR
Analysis of Seventy Cases
PAUL C. COLONNA M.D.1
1 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oklahoma University School of Medicine, Oklahoma City
1. This type of reconstruction operation has proved suitable for those cases of old ununited fracture of the neck of the femur which present. complete absorption of the neck and necrosis of the head.
2. The results are better in cases without preoperative evidence of arthritis about the joint and without previous hip-joint surgery (Table V).