The Surgical Treatment of The Monteggia Fracture-Dislocation
Bulent ERDEMLI, Sadan AY, Umut BEKTAS, Ertan MERGEN
Keywords: Monteggia Fracture-Dislocation, Surgical Treatment.
Abstract
A Monteggia Fracture is more common in adults than in children. Adults generally require open reduction and internal fixation, whereas children are usually treated by closed reduction. In this study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of surgical treated with Monteggia fracture-dislocations to 26 patients who were admitted to Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of Ibn-i Sina Hospital of Ankara University between Nowember 1988-Nowember 1994.