Table 2.

Comparison of our results to the results of similar 2 studies.

	Our study	M. Winter et al. [7]	T. C. WONG et al. [19]
No. of patients	60 patients	36 patients	59 patients
Mean age	32 years	31.4 years	22.5 years
Mean follow up period	12 months	3 months	1 year
Technique	Transverse: 2 wires distal and 2 wires proximal to the fracture site. Intra-medullary: 2 wires ante-grade.	Transverse: 1 wire distal and 1 wire proximal to the fracture site. Intra-medullary: three wires used ante-grade.	Transverse: 2 wires distal+/− 1 wire proximal to the fracture site. Intra-medullary:2 wires ante-grade.
Union	6–8 weeks	6 weeks	10 weeks
Range of motion	No statistical significance.	TAM showed a significant difference between the two groups, with a better result in the intramedullary pinning group (p = 0.02).	No statistical significance.
Complications	Complications showed statistical significance in the favor of transverse pinning.	No statistical significance.	No statistical significance.
Conclusion	Transverse pinning may be better due to less incidence of complications and less operative time.	Intra-medullary pinning has shown better results than transverse pinning, although more demanding.	Both methods are comparable.