A Comparative Study of the Functional Outcome of Patellar Tendon Splitting and Medial Parapatellar Approaches in Intramedullary Interlocking Nailing of Tibia

The "fractures of the shaft" of the tibia are the most common fractures among the long bone fracture. Various approaches to intramedullary nailing have been proposed. Pain in the anterior region of the knee is the very common complication of intramedullary nailing procedures. Although all techniques for nail insertion have been proven feasible, a correlation of Pain in the anterior region of the knee and functional outcome is lacking between the trans patellar and medial parapatellar techniques.