To Angulate or Not to Angulate the Ulna during the Progressive Distraction Period Performed with a Monolateral External Fixator in Paediatric Patients with a Chronic Monteggia Fracture?

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 58; no. 11; p. 1666
• Main Authors: Liu, Yanhan, Zhao, Hai, Xu, Hongwen, Shi, Weizhe, Li, Jingchun, Li, Yiqiang, Canavese, Federico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.11.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: angulation; Child; Child, Preschool; children; chronic Monteggia fracture; distraction; Elbow; External Fixators; Female; Fractures; Humans; Injuries; Internal fixation in fractures; Male; Monteggia's Fracture - surgery; Osteotomy; Patient outcomes; Patients; Pediatrics; Practice; Radius - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Trauma; Ulna - surgery; ulna osteotomy; China; angulation; ulna osteotomy; distraction; children; chronic Monteggia fracture

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and radiographic evolution of chronic Monteggia fractures (CMFs) treated by ulnar osteotomy and monolateral external fixators (MEFs) with or without angulation of the ulna during the distraction period. Materials and Me...