Clinical Study on Monteggia Lesion in Adult
10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.4.769
- Author:
YJ KIM
;
CS CHOI
;
BS YOUN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adult;
Classification;
Clinical Study;
Elbow;
Fractures, Open;
Head;
Humans;
Olecranon Process;
Range of Motion, Articular;
Red Cross;
Seoul;
Ulna
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1977;12(4):769-775
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
10 Monteggia Lesions in adult were treated for about 5 years from 1973 to 1977 at Seoul Red Cross Hospital. Closed reduction of the dislocated Radial Head was adequate in 8 patients of these cases. 6 cases belong to the type I of Bados classification of Monteggia Lesion. In 6 patients who had an open fracture of the Ulna associated with severe soft tissue damage or a fracture of Olecranon, range of motion of the affected elbow were listed as poor. Of the 4 patients on whom open reduction and internal fixation with compression plate only were done, only 3 patients gained satisfactory result. On follow-up(average 11.8 months), pain free full range of motion was observed in only 2 patients. The relationship between the type and the result of treatment was not observed in these cases.
