Giovanni battista monteggia biography definition

…La percossa di un bastone ruppe il cubito al terzo superiore e slogò il raggio al lato opposto. In questo caso fu il cubito stesso che cedendo al colpo portò fuor di luogo il raggio adjacente.

Monteggia, Lussazioni delle ossa delle estremita superiori. 1814; V(213): 109.

…The strike of a stick broke the ulna in the upper third and dislocated the radius on the opposite side. In this case it was the ulna itself which, giving way to the blow, carried the adjoining radius out of place.

Monteggia, 1814; V(213): 109.

Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Am. 2014 May 3;39(7):1384–1394. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.02.024

Abstract

The eponym Monteggia fracture-dislocation originally referred to a fracture of the shaft of the ulna accompanied by anterior dislocation of the radial head that was described by Giovanni Battista Monteggia of Italy in 1814. Subsequently, a further classification system based on the direction of the radial head dislocation and associated fractures of the radius and ulna was proposed by Jose Luis Bado of Uruguay in 1958. This article investigates the evolution of treatment, classification, and outcomes of the Monteggia injury and sheds light on the lives and contributions of Monteggia and Bado.

Keywords: Forearm fracture-dislocation, Giovanni Battista Monteggia, Jose Luis Bado, Monteggia fracture, Ulnar fracture

A fracture of the shaft of the ulna associated with an anterior dislocation of the radial head was described by an Italian surgeon, Giovanni Battista Monteggia, in 1814. (1) This injury pattern was eponymously named as the Monteggia fracture-dislocation by Perrin in 1909. (2) In 1958, Jose Luis Bado, a professor of orthopedic surgery from Uruguay, elaborated on the pathomechanics and manageme

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