title: Giovanni Battista Monteggia (1762-1815).
abstract: Giovanni Battista Monteggia was born in Laverne on the 8th of August 1762. Monteggia started his education in the School of Surgery at the Hospital Maggiore in Milano in 1779.This hospital was called "Big House"and it is one of the oldest medical institutions in Italy. He passed exam in surgery in 1781. Monteggia was promoted to assistant at surgery in Maggiore hospital in 1790. He was among the first who gave a complete clinical description of polio. He described traumatic hip dislocation and special forearm fracture which was named after him. Strictly speaking, a Monteggia fracture is a fracture of the proximal third of the ulna with an anterior dislocation of the radial head. Monteggia became a member of the renewed Institute of Science, Literature and Art in Milano in 1813.
authors.forename: Sladana
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authors.lastname: Andjelković
authors.forename: Čedo
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authors.lastname: Vučković
authors.forename: Suzana
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authors.lastname: Milutinović
authors.forename: Tomislav
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authors.lastname: Palibrk
authors.forename: Marko
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authors.lastname: Kadija
authors.forename: Marko
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authors.lastname: Bumbaširević
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000473:pathology; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D009011:Monteggia's Fracture / Q000266:history*; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D012574:Schools