Internal fixation for coronal shear fracture of the capitellum with polylactide resorbable fixation

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Feb 1:2013:bcr2012006364. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006364.

Abstract

A 24-year-old woman with pain in the right elbow after a fall demonstrated a coronal shear fracture on radiographic studies. Perioperative a coronal shear fracture was seen and treated successfully with a polylactide Rigid fix resorbable pin. The operative correction resulted in normal function at 6 months follow-up. We state that a capitellum shear fracture can be fixated with a single resorbable pin, leading to successful fusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Absorbable Implants
  • Bone Nails*
  • Female
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / methods*
  • Humans
  • Humeral Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Humeral Fractures / pathology
  • Humeral Fractures / surgery*
  • Polyesters
  • Radiography
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Polyesters
  • poly(lactide)