Humeral Condyle Fractures - Surgical technique*

1) Reduce and stabilise the fracture.

2) Insert two diverging 1.5 mm or 2.0 mm Inion K-wires through the
     fragment  and both cortexes to secure the fragment.

3) Check the correct anatomical reduction by using AP and lateral
     radiographic views.

4) Remove one K-wire. Flush and measure the depth of the channel.

5) Select an appropriate length Inion OTPS^TM Pin of the same diameter
    as the K-wire used (1.5 or 2.0 mm).

6) Using Inion Pin Applicator (1.5 or 2.0 mm), insert the Inion OTPS^TM Pin
     tapping it gently to the channel.

7) Replace the other K-wire with an appropriate size Inion OTPS^TM Pin
     in the same manner.

A plaster splint or brace should be used 4 weeks post-operatively with
the elbow joint flexed 90 degrees and the forearm in mid-position.

* Biodegradable Fixation in Traumatology and Orthopaedics.
  2nd edition. University of Helsinki, 2002: 47-51.