History of hand surgeryMonteggia Fracture Dislocations: A Historical Review
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Evolution of Management
The earliest description of this injury was in Monteggia's book, Istituzioni Chirurgiche, published in 1814. He wrote “…At the end of the treatment the arm swelling has resolved, but only the dislocation of the radius that was not easy to reduce.... I applied compression and a new bandage again to contain it, but it did not want to stay in place” (Fig. 1). Monteggia appreciated that the ulna fracture was linked to the radial head dislocation and that both needed to be addressed simultaneously.
Giovanni Battista Monteggia (1762–1815)
Giovanni Battista Monteggia (Fig. 10) was born on August 8, 1762, in Laveno, Italy.40 At age 17, Monteggia went to study surgery at Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, and later he completed his examination for the free practice of surgery at the University of Pavia.40, 41 Becoming engrossed in anatomy as a surgical student, Monteggia requested to have his office at Maggiore Hospital in order to be close to the dissection rooms so that he could nurture this passion. This nurturing influenced
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