RT Journal
A1 Bhandari, Mohit
A1 TornettaIII, Paul
A1 Swiontkowski, Marc
A1 Schemitsch, Emil
A1 Sanders, David
A1 Walter, Stephen
A1 Guyatt, Gordon
T1 Randomized Trial of Reamed and Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD May 1
VO 91
IS 5
SP 1274
OP 1275
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
We read with interest the letter from Drs. Sarmiento and Latta in response to our recently published multinational SPRINT trial comparing reamed and unreamed tibial nail insertion in patients with closed and open tibial shaft fractures. They raised concerns about omissions in our publication, including (1) the lack of information on infection rates for all patients, (2) the lack of radiographic assessments of fracture-healing times, radiographic shortening, and malunions, and (3) the lack of reporting of knee pain.