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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1957;39:1238-1248.
© 1957 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Compression of the Bone Ends as an Aid to Union in Fractures

A Report on Forty-Nine Ununited and Four Recent Fractures

THOMAS KING M.D., F.R.C.S.1

1 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Forty-nine ununited fractures were compressed after the bone ends had been countersunk by open operation, with one exception. This patient, Case 2 (Figs. 9-A through 9-C), had compression alone, without exposure of the bone ends, and bone union resulted. Forty-one fractures (83.7 per cent), united. Twelve of the thirteen with sinuses before operation united. When the fractures united, the sinuses healed. Four recent fractures with gross displacement united.


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