The MonteggiaFracture: literature review and report of a new variant.

INTRODUCTION

Giovanni Battista Monteggia first described the Monteggia fracture in 1814. The complexity of this injury was not fully appreciated until it was coined in English as a "Monteggia lesion" by Jose Luis Bado. The Bado classification divides Monteggia fractures into four types of true lesions, plus equivalent variants.

CASE REPORT

This report describes a rare variant where the proximal radial disruption occurs through a Salter-HarrisType II fracture rather than a radial epiphysis dislocation. This is an unstable fracture configuration that has been successfully surgically treated by keeping to the principles of Monteggia fracture reduction.

CONCLUSION

Even though this is not a classical dislocation of the radial head, this variant with a Salter-Harris fracture should be considered as one.