Gunshot Roentgenograms / A Collection of Roentgenograms Taken in Constantinople During the Turko-Balkan War, 1912-1913, Illustrating Some Gunshot Wounds in the Turkish Army

by Clyde S. Ford

Shrapnel—Plate 117.

LOWER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Wound of the Thigh,
with Lodgment of the Missile.

With the sacrum lying next to the plate, the normal size, clear outline, and dense shadow of the shrapnel ball indicates its position to be near the plate. The location can be roughly estimated as the superficial gluteal region, external to the ramus of the ischium and near the aerior plane of the upper border of the acetabular cavity.

Plate 118.

Shrapnel—Plate 118.

LOWER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Wound of the Thigh,
with Lodgment of the Missile.

The normal size, distinct outline, and considerable density of the shadow of the shrapnel ball show that it lies very near the plate, posterior to the bone and in the buttocks, quite superficially.

The treatment in such cases is always conservative. Pain or impairment of function indicate removal after convalescence.