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== Introduction  ==
== Introduction  ==
A Monteggia fracture is defined as a proximal one-third ulna fracture with radial head dislocation.<ref>Ring D. Monteggia fractures. Orthop Clin North Am. 2013 Jan;44(1):59-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2012.08.007. Epub 2012 Oct 10. PMID: 23174326.</ref>It is named after Giovanni Battista Monteggia Who described it in 1814. The most common cause for the injury is a fall on the outstretched arm with the forearm in excessive pronation.  
A Monteggia fracture is defined as a long-term one-third ulna fracture with radial head dislocation. The term is named after Giovanni Battista Monteggia Who described it in 1814. The forearm is the vital structure of the body.forearm fractures can lead to significant short term and long term disability. The technical advances help to identify these fractures easily and have helped to better define,classify and guide in conservative, operative management and also in rehabilitation.  


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Introduction[edit | edit source]

A Monteggia fracture is defined as a long-term one-third ulna fracture with radial head dislocation. The term is named after Giovanni Battista Monteggia Who described it in 1814. The forearm is the vital structure of the body.forearm fractures can lead to significant short term and long term disability. The technical advances help to identify these fractures easily and have helped to better define,classify and guide in conservative, operative management and also in rehabilitation.

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