Mechanical Evaluation of Two Hybrid Locking Plate Designs for Canine Pancarpal Arthrodesis

Figure 5

Principal strains with color-coded strain scale (bottom) in the radiocarpal hole region and at the bending point under 300 N axial compression, shown for round hole (RH) (a), screw insertion at distal margin of oval hole (OH-D) (b), and screw insertion at proximal margin of oval hole (OH-P) (c), indicating for RH a lower strain magnitude next to the radiocarpal hole and a higher strain magnitude at the bending point, compared to both OH-D and OH-P.