Monteggia variant with posterior elbow dislocation and radial shaft fracture: A case report

Forearm injury in a young boy

“…The Monteggia fracture is a fracture of the proximal ulna associated with dislocation of the radial head. Some clinical case reports mention radius fracture (or Galeazzi fracture) combined with elbow dislocation (or Monteggia fracture) 34567. Galeazzi fractures can be classified as type 1 (fracture occurring distally from the 7.5 cm demarcation) or type 2 (fracture occurring proximally from the 7.5 cm demarcation), and this patient had a type 1 fracture.…”