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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Comparison of data obtained in the present work with data presented in the literature

From: Intramedullary nailing versus proximal plating in the management of closed extra-articular proximal tibial fracture: a randomized controlled trial

References

Infection

Union rate

Malunion

IMN group (%)

PTP group (%)

IMN group (%)

PTP group (%)

IMN group (%)

PTP group (%)

Bhandari et al. [17]

2.5

14

96.5

98

20

10

Lindvall et al. [6]

28

24

77

94

40.9

20.6

Beuhler et al. [12]

0

 

92.9

 

7.1

 

Tornetta and Collons [15]

0

 

0

 

10

 

Present study

5.3

8

94.7

96

21.1

16