TREATMENT OF FRACTURES OF ULNA WITH DISLOCATION OF HEAD OF RADIUS

Abstract

Fracture of the ulna associated with dislocation of the head of the radius was described by Monteggia in 1814 and is often called by his name. During the past twelve years thirty-four articles dealing with this subject have appeared in the literature, and of these only two have been in English. The fact that the lesion is difficult to treat and the end results are often disappointing may account for the paucity of English literature on the subject. The present study is based on a series of sixty-two injuries of this type which have been treated by the members of the staff of the Willis C. Campbell Clinic. Thirty of the patients had acute fractures, ten of which were compound. The remaining thirty-two patients had old injuries, having been first seen four weeks or longer after the accident. The dislocation of the head of the radius was anterior in 83