The Lateral Monteggia Fracture

Fracture of the upper third of the ulna associated with dislocation of the head of the radius, first described by Monteggia in 1 814, is an uncommon injury occurring in about 7 per cent of fractures of the radius and ulna and in about 0.7 per cent of fracture-dislocations around the el-bow 23 Lateral dislocation of the radial head in association with fracture of the upper part of the ulna- the lateral Monteggia fracture- was first reported by Wise in 1941; since then only nine other cases have been fully reported in the literature 2.8.20,25 and four others have been briefly mentioned 3,11 In this paper, two cases of lateral Monteg-gia fracture are described and the nature of this injury is discussed. Case Reports CASE 1. A five-year-old boy sustained an injury to the right elbo