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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Fracture characteristics and surgical details

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

Author, year

Group

No. of patients

Fracture condition

Surgical details

OTA classification (43-A/C1/C2)

Distance from fracture to plafond (mm)

Open fracture N (%)

Fibular fracture N (%)

Fibular fixation N (%)

Need for open reduction N (%)

Avilucea et al. 2016 [2]

SP

132

N/A

42.3 ± 3.1

28 (21.2)

126 (95.5)

22 (16.7)

18 (13.6)

IP

134

N/A

41.4 ± 3.3

31 (23.1)

125 (93.3)

32 (23.9)

23 (17.2)

Lu et al. 2020 [3]

SP

27

15/8/4

 < 120

N/A

N/A

N/A

2 (7.4)

IP

36

20/9/7

 < 120

N/A

N/A

N/A

6 (16.7)

Hague et al. 2021 [4]

SP

74

74/0/0

 < Two Müller squares

44 (59.5)

67 (90.5)

4 (6.0)

N/A

IP

51

51/0/0

 < Two Müller squares

18 (35.3)

43 (84.3)

0 (0.0)

N/A

Gao et al. 2022 [5]

SP

69

69/0/0

40.1 ± 5.2

N/A

N/A

N/A

8 (11.6)

IP

63

63/0/0

41.0 ± 6.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

16 (25.4)

  1. IP infrapatellar, N/A not available, No. number, OTA Orthopaedic Trauma Association, SP suprapatellar