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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1941;23:552-560.
© 1941 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

ADDUCTION TRACTION IN TROCHANTERIC FRACTURES

THEODORE A. FOX M.D.1 and GEORGE L. APFELBACH M.D.1

1 Fracture Service of Cook County Hospital, Chicago

Better reductions in hip fractures, other than those in the femoral neck, are obtained by applying longitudinal parallel ligament and muscle pull than by the commonly accepted principle of approximating the lower to the upper fragment. Straight traction in adduction is used instead of traction in abduction and flexion.


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