TY  - JOUR
T1  - AVulsion fracture of the great trochanter
AU  - MILCH H
Y1  - 1939/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1939.01200080146012
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 334
EP  - 350
VL  - 38
IS  - 2
N2  - Interest in the present study of isolated fracture of the great trochanter was stimulated by a necessity which recently arose for answering questions having medicolegal significance. The need for such a study was appreciated the more when it was realized that, instead of being casual and commonplace, this type of fracture is extremely interesting and unusual.1 In spite of carrying on a moderately active hospital and private practice involving the treatment of many industrial accidents, I have personally observed only 3 cases during more than fifteen years. A fairly careful search by the attending roentgenologist of the extensive dispensary and inpatient files of the roentgenologic department of the Hospital for Joint Diseases disclosed only 4 additional cases classified under the diagnosis of fracture of the great trochanter. Final recourse to a number of standard textbooks dealing with the subject of fractures2 was but slightly more gratifying, if at
SN  - 0272-5533
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1939.01200080146012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1939.01200080146012
ER  -