An Undescribed Monteggia Type 3 Equivalent Lesion: Lateral Dislocation of Radial Head with Both-Bone Forearm Fracture
Table 1
Lateral radial head dislocation with concomitant both-bone forearm fracture fits in the Bado classification as a type 3 equivalent lesion, which has never been described [2].
Bado classification
Radial head dislocation
Forearm fracture
Equivalents
Type I
Anterior
Ulnar with anterior angulation
Isolated radial head dislocation Isolated radial neck fracture Diaphyseal ulnar fracture with radial neck fracture Diaphyseal ulnar fracture with fracture of the proximal third of radius Diaphyseal ulnar and olecranon fracture with anterior dislocation of the radial head Diaphyseal ulnar, posterior dislocation of the elbow ± fracture of the proximal third of radius