The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-13
TRIUMPHS OF
MODERN SURGERY
Or. Glbney Applies lorenz's
Methods to Two Little Girls.
MUST COMPLICATED CASE
When Head Of Thigh Bone Is Placed 10
It's Normal Position The Bon, Must
b Saved 10 Two.
MUST COMPLICATED CASE

New York. Nov. ls.-Dr Virgil p. Glib
ney. consulting orthopedist Of the Now
York Hospital for tho Ruptured and
Crippled, In the presence OF number OF
prominent surgeons. yesterday performed
the famous ''bloodless" operation OF DR..
Adolph Lorenz of Vienna. on two little
girls. patients at that institution.
One OF the operations was said to be 20
entirely successful that In six months.
when the plaster bandages are taken on.
the child will be able 10 walk as well
as any other child. The other operation
was only partially successful. ana will be
done over again In q few weeks
Dr. Gibney Is one OF the best-known
orthopedists In the United States and 10
a lifelong friend OF DR.. Lorenz. and a
close student of his methods. IL was
largely through DR.. Gibney's advice that
the Armour family decided to bring Or.
Lorenz to this country to operate on lit
tie Lolita Armour. and when he comes TO
New York. early in December. DR.. Lo-
rens Is to be Dr. Gfbney's professional
guest.
DIR. Gibney has performed DR.. Lorenz'e
operation for the reduction Of congenitai
dislocation OF the hips several times and
is enthusiastic In his praise Of the dis
tinguished Vienna surgeon.
The nrst patient operated on by DR..
Gibney was Rose stolleck. a four-year-
old mite. whose parents live I've a. NO born asy
with a deformity OF both hips. and was
sent to the Hospital for the Ruptured anu
Crippled few weeks ago. withovt moSn
could be cured. for they had never heard
OF the Lorenz method and had been told
by doctors that nothing could be done
when Informed that their little girl
limbs had been Strengthened out and that
she would soon be able to walk.
THE DOCTOR CALLED 1T EASY.
.-rhe operation was comparatively
easy" said DIR. Gibney. Her little mus
cles were so soft that II did not require
much manipulation TO bring the dislocated
thigh bones into the sockets OF the pelvis
The operation was done under ether.
and, before the bones could be pulled back
into their old places by the muscles. .
plaster bandage was applied In such q
way as to hold them In position.
In two or three weeks the little girl
may leave the hospital and IN six months
the bandage can be removed. Then she
will be able to walk and run and play
like any other child"
The other case. that OF Mamie Freed
man. or ~ monroe street, Wds tuofc
difficult, because the child Is eight years
old and the muscles are already becom-
ing rigid enough 10 resist the efforts TO
put the bone into proper place.
Only one OF her hips was dislocated
and DR. Gibney. who was assisted by
Or. Royal T. Whitman. house surgeon.
and the rest OF the hospitals surgical
staff, worked over the case for an hour
without accomplishing a complete reduc-
ton.
I'VE did all we could at one operation"
said DR.. Gibney, and put on bandage
10 hold the bone In q better position than
II was I'm before In a short time we Will
operate on that case again and hope
to bring the joint into perfect juxtapost-
tion.
'It is very difficult TO perform this
operation successfully on children more
than seven years old. for the muscles are
very strong by the time they reach that
age. DR.. Lorenx does not recommend IT
after the patient has reached the age OF
seven"
MORE COMPLICATED CASE.
DR.. Gibney will, In a few days, perform
a modification OF the Lorenz operation
that r. OF great interest to surgeons. In
this case the head Of the thigh bone is
twisted so that when IL Is placed in it's
normal position In the socket the foot
points outwards at right angles to the
proper position.
"of course, person with a twisted
foot like that could not walk" said DIR.
Gibney. so I shall hrst reduce the dis
location and then cut the thigh bone
squarely In two- about midway-ef It's
length. The two parts OF the bone will
then be twisted so that the foot points in
the right direction and held by splnts
and bandages until It grows that way"