title: Is intramedullary nailing superior to plating in patients with extraarticular fracture of the distal tibia?
abstract: Distal tibial metaphyseal fractures are generally produced by high-energy trauma such as car accidents and can cause severe disability due to pain and deformity. In the management of these fractures, there are multiple surgical alternatives, but it is uncertain which the best option is. Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 30 databases, we identified six systematic reviews including three randomized trials. We combined the evidence using meta-analysis and generated a summary of findings table following the GRADE approach. We concluded it is not clear whether one surgical option is better than the other, because the certainty of the evidence is very low. Two ongoing randomized trials might help solving this uncertainty.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 63, Santiago Centro, Chile. Email: mmolinas@med.puc.cl.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabrolier
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Traumatología y Ortopedia, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molina
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*