Unsual Monteggia fracture: a case report

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LM- Luxofractura de Monteggia LTC- Lesiones traumáticas del codo FC- Fracturas del codo

Abstract

Background: Monteggia's fracture is generally an uncommon traumatic injury, even more when it is one of its equivalent injuries.
Objective: to show the evolution of a patient with an uncommon Monteggia's fracture.
Case report: a 37 year-old black, woman, without health antecedents, who suffered a fall from her own feet in her bathroom, was taken to emergency room of Orthopedic and Traumatology complaining of pain, swelling and limitation of movement of the right elbow and distal. Because of the lesion features, surgical treatment was needed by open reduction and internal fixation of both fractures of the ulna.
Conclusions: Monteggia's fracture is an unusual lesion, even more some equivalent type 1 lesions which occur more common in children than adults.

DeCS: ELBOW/injuries; ELBOW/surgery; MONTEGGIA'S FRACTURE/surgery; MONTEGGIA'S FRACTURE /diagnostic imaging; FRACTURE FIXATION.

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Alejandro Alvarez-López

Médico ortopedico

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2019-09-30

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Alvarez-López A, Fuentes-Véjar R, Soto-Carrasco SR, García-Lorenzo Y de la C, Smith-Alvarez T. Unsual Monteggia fracture: a case report. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 30 [cited 2025 Aug. 1];23(5):655-60. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6289

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Vol. 23 No. 5 (2019)

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