Corrective ulnar osteotomy for malunited anterior Monteggia lesions in children. 12 patients followed for 1-12 years.
We reviewed 12 children, mean 5 (1-12) years, after corrective osteotomy of the ulna, combined with open reduction of the radial head for malunited anterior Monteggia lesions (Bado type I). A simple corrective osteotomy was used in the first 6 patients (group A) and a posterior angular osteotomy was used in the second group of 6 patients (group B). All osteotomies healed uneventfully, but 3 patients had a persistent dislocation of the radial head. Children who had been treated with an angular osteotomy had the best clinical outcome).
Inoue
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan. go-in@ma2.justnet.ne.jp
Shionoya
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D001860:Bone Plates; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009011:Monteggia's Fracture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography