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Table 2 Surgical and prognostic comparison between the two groups

From: Comparison of suprapatellar versus infrapatellar approaches of intramedullary nailing for distal tibia fractures

Characteristics

Suprapatellar

Infrapatellar

P

Surgical time (min)

86.3 (14.6)

97.1 (16.9)

0.01

Blood loss (ml)

56.3 (10.6)

60.5 (9.3)

0.099

Adjuvant reduction technique (cases)

9 (27)

14 (36)

0.603

Closed reduction rate

25 (27)

30 (36)

0.448

Fracture healing (weeks)

12.2 (3.6)

12.8 (4.1)

0.549

Pain score

20.6 (3.7)

28.1 (3.4)

< 0.001

Lysholm score

88.6 (4.9)

85.7 (6.8)

0.061

Fracture deformity (cases)

1 (27)

9 (36)

0.034

AOFAS score

93.5 (4.2)

87.8 (4.9)

< 0.001