Table 2.

Clinical results in the two groups

	KP (M±SD)	TP (M±SD)	P value
Union in 6 months	45/45	30/30	1.0
Fracture reduction
Good	43/45	29/30	1.0
Fair	2/45	1/30	1.0
Poor	0	0	1.0
Surgical data
OR time (min)	22±4.5	43±6.8	<0.001
Wound size (cm)	4.2±0.55	8.1±0.63	<0.001
Hospital stay (days)	3.4±0.42	5.5±0.72	0.03

KP= Knowles pin; TP= tubular plate; M= mean; SD= standard deviation