Medial Distal Humerus Locking Plate

The medial column is where distal humerus constructs are most often lost. The bone of the medial epicondyle is thin, the trochlea sits just beyond it, and in elderly or comminuted fractures the metaphysis offers little for a conventional screw to bite. A construct that relies on compression alone in this corridor is asking a lot of poor bone.

A locking medial plate changes that equation. Each distal screw locks into the plate at a fixed angle, so the whole distal cluster works as one unit supporting the trochlea side of the joint block, even when the bone around the threads is soft. Longer versions carry the fixation up the medial ridge when the fracture line escapes the metaphysis. Indication, length and screw configuration remain with the operating surgeon.

The plate is seated on the medial ridge with its distal end contoured around the medial epicondyle. Locking screws in the distal cluster are driven along their fixed trajectories toward the trochlear bone, and the shaft is then secured along the ridge. Plate lengths in the range run from seventy-four millimetres to two hundred and thirty, covering low medial fractures through high metaphyseal extension.

The complete eighteen-number range is stocked in the BoneCraft warehouse and ships in sealed manufacturer trays, with factory lot references documented for the receiving facility's registry.