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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Suprapatellar vs infrapatellar approaches for intramedullary nailing of distal tibial fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, year

Study design

Group

No. of patients

Age (years)

Gender male (%)

Follow-up (months)

Outcome

Quality

Avilucea et al. 2016 [2]

RCS

SP

132

33.6

88 (66.7)

N/A

1°: N/A

8

IP

134

35.4

76 (56.7)

2°: Radiologic/open reduction

Lu et al. 2020 [3]

RCS

SP

27

42.6

11 (40.7)

23.2

1°: VAS/Lysholm score/AOFAS score

2°: Radiologic outcomes/need for open reduction/surgical time

8

IP

36

40.6

20 (55.6)

24.3

Hague et al. 2021 [4]

RCS

SP

74

41.3

56 (76.6)

N/A

1°: N/A

7

IP

51

39.3

38 (75.4)

2°: Radiologic outcomes

Gao et al. 2022 [5]

RCS

SP

69

45.6

49 (71.0)

14.2

1°: VAS/Lysholm score/AOFAS score

8

IP

63

44.1

38 (60.3)

2°: Radiologic outcomes/need for open reduction/surgical time

  1. AOFAS American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society, IP infrapatellar, N/A not available, No. number, RCS retrospective cohort study, SP suprapatellar, VAS visual analogue scale