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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Fracture types according to AO/OTA classification [34,35,36]

From: Suprapatellar tibial fracture nailing is associated with lower rate for acute compartment syndrome and the need for fasciotomy compared with the infrapatellar approach

Fracture classification, n (%)

IP n = 513

SP n = 101

p = 0.290

42–A1

219 (43)

31 (31)

 

42–A2

69 (13)

15 (15)

 

42–A3

51 (10)

8 (8)

 

42–B1

63 (12)

19 (19)

 

42–B2

52 (10)

15 (15)

 

42–B3

15 (3)

4 (4)

 

42–C1

18 (4)

3 (3)

 

42–C2

11 (2)

4 (4)

 

42–C3

15 (3)

2 (2)

 
  1. IP infrapatellar approach, SP suprapatellar approach. No statistical differences could not be detected between the study groups