Fracture of the humeral capitellum fixed with absorbable polyglycolide pins: 1-year follow-up of 8 adults

Absorbable self-reinforced polyglycolide pins were used for transarticular fixation of displaced Type I capitellar fracture in 8 adult women. An anatomical reduction was obtained, the fixation was stable, and function became good in all the cases. A sterile synovitis in one case was drained and subsided within 3 weeks, without further intervention.