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

It should be noted that this is a case from Gulhané Hospital, the best military hospital in Constantinople, where the surgical service, under Prof. Wieting Pasha, was skillfully conducted.

Plate 58.

Rifle—Plate 58.

LOWER EXTREMITY.
Gunshot Fracture of the Lower End of the Femur.

The course of the bullet was anteroposterior.

The long, oblique, splitting fracture without separate fragments indicates the long range of the missile in low velocity.

The wound was infected as is indicated by the drainage tubes in place. The well-advanced callus formation indicates established convalescence.

Results are favorable for recovery with only fair position and some shortening.