RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Fixação de Fratura/história , Fratura de Monteggia/história , Fratura de Monteggia/cirurgia , Fixação de Fratura/métodos , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Itália , Uruguai