TY  - JOUR
T1  - Randomized Trial of Reamed and Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures
AU  - Bhandari, Mohit
AU  - TornettaIII, Paul
AU  - Swiontkowski, Marc
AU  - Schemitsch, Emil
AU  - Sanders, David
AU  - Walter, Stephen
AU  - Guyatt, Gordon
Y1  - 2009/05/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 1274
EP  - 1275
VL  - 91
IS  - 5
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -