Show p. T. T t 1 New Discovery IWade ad e in I 1 I Bone one Transplantation I. I L I I w I r P Fic 1 I FICa 2 I NEW lE for way setting an art A ANEW fracture of or a bone bon has been ells dis covered Tine Tho mending Is done b by patching the break with a n transplanted transplanted trans tran planted planted pl piece pieces ce of or bone The discovery ery Is s of ot special use In tho the case of a broken tibia Here according to an article for the International Journal of Surgery from which the accompanying picture II Is re reproduced re- re produced Is the tho method of or transplanting transplant transplant- In ing A rectangular portion Is cut from the tho surface of or the bone hone as us thick as ns the wull wall of the bone bona Itself In lu the tibia of or a grown person for tor example the tint portion of or bone should be ue about three Inches long and and and-a n. n over half an air Inch wide It Should bo ho taken trout from the ho larger and nd better fragment of or th the tho broken limb Sec Seo A A In n Fig 1 Then Thenn Thena a a. smaller Her piece as ae wide but only half haJt j 1 ns as long Is ta taken J en from Crom I the he ot other e eiraS iraS fra fraG ment B P in FI Fig I. I r r. r I IThe The pieces she should old now nou be transposed ani and Implanter implanted firmly into into groove from froth which they the A came cache 1 and Il U n in u Ilg 2 The I result sult Is that a bridge o unites the tho tW two o It fragments Crag and this bridge I lg Is closely ui ly JOI cd cd in at nt least sixths five of or Its periphery ry to the main fragments corresponding cor cor- responding portions of or compact bone anti ami In medulla meeting each other Iho Tho only defects remaining ure mc fissures fis- fis and tho the entire mosaic Is covered I h by the which Is sutured sut back Into place The resultant condition condi condi- tion exactly simulates a n. favorable com com- without displacement If the fl fibula ula Is s not united of I the limb may be secured by uy plating th the fibula or b by fixing the bone uon bridge with bono bone pegs j l |