Lateral parapatellar approach versus transpatellar splitting approach in intramedullary nailing of diaphyseal tibia fractures, a prospective randomized controlled study
Amr Amal Amin, El Zaher Hassan El Zaher, Youssef Mohamed Abd-El Salam Wafa, Ahmed Mohamed Khaled El Ghazawy, Amr Mohamed Nagy · 2026
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Amr Amal Amin and co-authors report a 2026 randomized trial comparing two entry routes for fixing broken shin bones with a metal rod. Front-of-knee pain is common after this surgery, and the entry cut may be to blame. Fifty adults with closed shin shaft fractures were assigned to a side-of-kneecap route or a through-the-tendon route.
The side route gave better knee function scores at both three and six months and less pain at three months, though pain evened out by six months. Operations were also quicker and needed fewer X-ray shots with the side route. Every fracture united in both groups, in similar time, and complications stayed minor throughout the six-month follow-up.
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| CREATOR | Amr Amal Amin, El Zaher Hassan El Zaher, Youssef Mohamed Abd-El Salam Wafa, Ahmed Mohamed Khaled El Ghazawy, Amr Mohamed Nagy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28880 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |