[Computer-assisted reconstruction of the distal end of the humerus]

Horizontal cross-sections of the distal humerus were introduced into a computer of assisted conception with one high resolution graphism. Images were reconstituted with several noticeable angles. Architectural characteristics of this complex osseous structure were noticed and the superimposition of the cross-sections by transparency could got the spindle shape of the medial pillar, more horizontal than the quadrangular and massive column of the lateral pillar. Informatic apparatus was a high technology one, anatomical applications are promising if the reconstructions are realized from precise and thinly systematically seriated cross-sections with a good knowledge of their morphological aspect. Informatic introduction is a heavy cost but irreplaceable mean of simulation with previously defined angles.