A type of Monteggia fracture, highly susceptible to misdiagnosis
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A type of Monteggia fracture, highly susceptible to misdiagnosis
Dear Editor, Monteggia fracture, which was first described by Giovanni Battista Monteggia, consists of the fracture of ulna accompanied by radial head dislocation.[1] This definition was later modified by Bado, who included a group of injuries under the term of Monteggia fracture.[1] Bado also proposed a system of classification based on the mechanism of injury [Table 1]. Based on this classifi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.197280