"Pectineal" Quotes from Famous Books
... pelvic ring is the most common seat of fracture. The bone gives way at its weakest points—namely, through the superior (horizontal) ramus of the pubes just in front of the ilio-pectineal eminence, and at the lower part of the inferior (descending) ramus (Fig. 55). The intervening fragment of bone is isolated, and may be displaced. These fractures are frequently bilateral, and are often associated ... — Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles |