SEATTLE — Patients with a tibial fracture experienced less postoperative anterior knee pain with suprapatellar nailing compared with infrapatellar nailing, according to data presented here.
“This is the largest and first appropriately powered randomized control trial powered to detect differences in anterior knee pain between infrapatellar and suprapatellar nailing,” David Cinats, MD, said in his presentation at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting. “In conclusion, suprapatellar nailing resulted in less anterior knee pain with kneeling, although this was
