title: Response to 'letter to the editor' by Mahmood and Kumar.
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Orthopaedic Department, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR, UK. Electronic address: hafjavaid@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hafiz Javaid
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Orthopaedic Department, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR, UK.
authors.forename: Prasad
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pidikiti
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*