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Monteggia-fracture

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2].

Overview[1][2]

Overview[1][2]

In 1803, Giovanni Battista Monteggia, an Italian surgeon, describe the Monteggia fracture as: a fracture of the proximal third of the ulna with the dislocation of the head of radius.

In 1967, Jose Luis Bado, used the “Monteggia lesion” terminology and classified this injury into the four types.

In 1991, Jupiter JB and colleagues from Boston expanded the Bado’s type II description of posterior Monteggia fracture-dislocation.


Jupiter Classification

Jupiter Classification

Jupiter Classification of Type II Monteggia Fracture-Dislocations
Type IIA Coronoid level
Type IIB Metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction
Type IIC Distal to coronoid
Type IID Fracture extending to distal half of ulna
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References

References

  1. Rehim SA, Maynard MA, Sebastin SJ, Chung KC (July 2014). “Monteggia fracture dislocations: a historical review”. J Hand Surg Am. 39 (7): 1384–94. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.02.024. PMC 4266382. PMID 24792923.
  2. Goyal T, Arora SS, Banerjee S, Kandwal P (May 2015). “Neglected Monteggia fracture dislocations in children: a systematic review”. J Pediatr Orthop B. 24 (3): 191–9. doi:10.1097/BPB.0000000000000147. PMID 25714935.

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