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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1944;26:249-256.
© 1944 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

BRACKETT OPERATION FOR UNUNITED FRACTURE OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR

A Report of Thirty-Four Cases

M. Laurens Rowe M.D.1 and Ralph K. Ghormley M.D.1

1 Section on Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

1. There is need for careful collection and study of end results obtained with the various operative procedures designed for the reclamation of the ununited fracture of the femoral neck, in order that the operations may be evaluated and employed in suitable cases.

2. At the Clinic, the Brackett operation was used in thirty-four cases of non-union of a fracture of the femoral neck in the years 1920 to 1942, inclusive. Good results were obtained in twenty-three, or 67.7 per cent. of the cases.

3. A method of internal fixation by which a vitallium screw is introduced through the transplanted trochanter and is driven through the shaft and into the head fragment has been used in eleven cases in the past two years. Good results have been obtained in ten of the eleven cases.


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