MASQUELET TECHNIQUE IN SEPTIC NONUNION OF ULNAR FRACTURE: CLINICAL CASE

The clinical case refers to a male patient, 34 years old, admitted at the Emergency Department after a fall of 2 meters. Of that trauma, resulted an exposed Monteggia fracture type III – Gustillo & Anderson IIA – on his left arm.With this work, the authors intend to describe the evolution of the patient's clinical condition, as well as the surgical procedures he was submitted to.The authors used the patient's records from Hospital's archives, namely from the Emergency Department, Operating Room, Infirmary and Consultation, and also the diagnostic exams performed throughout the patient's clinical evolution.The clinical case began in December 2011, when the patient suffered a fall of 2 meters in his workplace. From the evaluation in the Emergency Department, it was concluded that the patient presented, at the left forearm, an exposed Monteggia type III fracture – Gustillo & Anderson IIA – combined with a comminuted fracture of the radial head. At the admission day, the wound site was thoroughly rinsed, the ...