With the increasingly accepted method of suprapatellar tibial nailing for tibial shaft fractures, we aimed to compare intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of infrapatellar (IP) vs suprapatellar (SP) tibial nails. A retrospective cohort analysis of 58 patients. 34 SP tibial nails over 3 years versus 24 IP tibial nails over a similar time frame. We compared; radiation exposure, patient positioning time (PPT), non-union rate and follow-up time. Knee pain in the SP group was evaluated, utilising the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Knee injury and Osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS).Abstract
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