Dilemma of Supra- or Infrapatellar Tibial Nailing: Anterior Knee Pain vs. Intra-Articular Damage

Table 2

Demographics and statistical analysis of variables.

Variables	Suprapatellar (n = 29)	Infrapatellar (n = 32)	-value
VAS score	0.17 ± 0.65	1.62 ± 0.94	<0.001
Lysholm score	95.6 ± 5.38	92.03 ± 6.14	0.006
SF-36 score	88 ± 10.8	85 ± 6.13	0.925
RUST score	12 ± 1.4	10 ± 1.29	0.454
Union time (weeks)	18 ± 3.55	20 ± 11.56	0.11
Surgery dur. (min.)	81 ± 10.21	107 ± 15.49	<0.001
ROM dif. (degree)	5 ± 3.8	5 ± 3.9	0.691

: , statistically significant values are marked. Values are provided as mean ± SD.