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We retrospectively analyzed a total of 257 patients with transverse patellar fractures who were treated at our emergency orthopaedics department from March 2010 to March 2017. Either an ASC or the Kirschner wire (K-wire) tension band had been used to treat these fractures according to surgeons' experience and preference. We compared operative details, postoperative recovery, and postoperative knee function at 6 months. In terms of surgical duration, blood loss, incision length, length of hospital stay, and postoperative complications, patients in the ASC group showed significantly better results than patients in the K-wire group (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of fracture healing time, knee mobility, and the Bostr\u00f6m score at the postoperative 6-month evaluation (p\u2009&gt;\u20090.05). Though, there were similar functional outcomes between two groups whose transverse patellar fractures were different methods, we found that the ASC method was a more reliable, more minimally invasive, and safer treatment option than the tension band wiring method using K-wires, resulting in less tissue damage, shorter surgical duration, shorter length of hospital stay, and fewer complications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0039-3402802","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,2]],"date-time":"2020-01-02T23:48:46Z","timestamp":1578008926000},"page":"987-996","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Comparison of the Kirschner Wire Tension Band with a Novel Nickel\u2013Titanium Arched Shape\u2013Memory Alloy Connector in Transverse Patellar Fractures: A Retrospective Study"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Yang","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Demeng","family":"Xia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xi","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Spine Surgery II, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongyue","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianghong","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Panyu","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuogui","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"04","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1056","DOI":"10.1097\/TA.0b013e318240d728","article-title":"Surgical treatment of transverse patella fractures by the cable pin system with a minimally invasive technique","volume":"72","author":"N Mao","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Trauma Acute Care Surg"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3109\/ort.1972.43.suppl-143.01","article-title":"Fracture of the patella. 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