How to remove the suprapatellar intramedullary nail? Suprapatellar or infrapatellar?
Intramedullary nail fixation is the gold standard for tibial shaft fractures. It has excellent biomechanical advantages with axial fixation and minimally invasive placement. The infrapatellar approach requires extreme knee flexion and is not suitable for some special types of fractures, such as proximal 1/4 tibial fractures, multiple tibial fractures, extreme distal fractures, infrapatellar soft tissue […]
