The semi-extended infrapatellar intramedullary nailing of distal tibia fractures: a randomized clinical trial.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis work is registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2100043673, registration date: 23/02/2021). This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University (approval no. 2020-04-024-K01). Informed consent was obtained from all individual patients included in the study. Consent for publicationPatients signed an informed consent regarding publishing their data and photographs. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) [82172441], Medical Scientific Research Project of Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission (CN) [Z2021023], Suzhou Science and Technology Development Plan (CN) [SYSD2020037], Clinical Medical Science and Technology Development Fund of Jiangsu University (CN) [JLY2021049], and Suzhou Key Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Project (CN) [LCZX201925]."

"Trial registration The Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR2100043673. Registered 26 February 2021, retrospectively registered, http://www.chictr.org.cn/showprojen.aspx?proj=122263 Trial registration"