Finite Element Analysis of Different Double-Plate Angles in the Treatment of the Femoral Shaft Nonunion with No Cortical Support opposite the Primary Lateral Plate.
Hao ZhangJiantao LiJianfeng ZhouLianting LiMing HaoKun WangGaoxiang XuChen LiWei ZhangPei-Fu TangPublished in: BioMed research international (2018)
Our study indicated that increasing the angle between the plates in a double-plate construct improves the stability of the construct over a single lateral plate when there is no cortical support opposite to the lateral plate. The strongest fixation occurred when the angle between the two plates was greater than ninety degrees.