A comparative study of two percutaneous pinning techniques (lateral vs medial–lateral) for Gartland type III pediatric supracondylar fracture of the humerus

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Analysis of carrying angle loss, Baumann angle loss, MD angle loss and range of motion loss at 6-month follow-up

Parameters	Lateral entry group (mean ± SD)	Medial–lateral entry group (mean ± SD)	P value
Loss of carrying angle^a	4.12 ± 2.10	3.80 ± 2.02	0.54
Loss of Baumann angle^a	4.74 ± 1.29	4.99 ± 0.87	0.50
Loss of MD angle^a	2.34 ± 0.65	2.21 ± 0.61	0.39
Loss of range of motion^a	8.03 ± 3.65	7.54 ± 1.89	0.51