Pain (VAS: 0 to 10: worst)
Study	Follow‐up	Locking plate	Locking nail	Reported significance
Plath 2019	Pain at 6 months	median = 3 SD (range) = 1.3 (0 to 5) n = 26	median = 2 SD = (range) = 1.6 (0 to 5) n = 26	P = 0.186
	Pain at 1 year	median = 1 SD = (range) = 1.6 (0 to 5) n = 27	median = 0 SD = (range) = 1.8 (0 to 5) n = 27	P = 0.766
Zhu 2011	Pain at 1 year	median = 0.5 interquartile range: 1.8 n = 29	median = 1.0 interquartile range = 1.0 n = 26	P = 0.042
	Pain at 3 years	median = 0 interquartile range = 0.8 n = 26	median = 0 interquartile range = 1.0 n = 25	P = 0.642