Forearm Injuries
A 7-year-old boy falls onto his outstretched hand while playing on a trampoline. He presents with a painful, swollen forearm held in pronation. Radiographs of the forearm show an apex anterior ulna fracture at the junction of the proximal and middle thirds. On the lateral view, a line drawn through the radial shaft does not pass through the capitellum. Regarding Monteggia fracture-dislocations in children:
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Monteggia fracture-dislocation is defined as an ulna fracture with associated radial head dislocatio...
The radiocapitellar line (line through radial shaft) should pass through the capitellum on all views...
Monteggia is a radius fracture with ulnar head dislocation; Bado Type II is most common in children;...
Treatment in children: most Type I injuries can be treated with closed reduction - reducing and stab...
Posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) injury occurs in up to 10-20% of Monteggia injuries and usually r...
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