A biomechanical comparison of conventional dynamic compression plates and string-of-pearls™ locking plates using cantilever bending in a canine Ilial fracture model

Table 1 Comparison of stiffness, ultimate load, displacement at yield, and yield load for DCP and SOP constructs

	Stiffness (N/mm)	Ultimate load (N)	Displacement at yield (mm)	Yield load (N)
DCP	116 ± 47	936 ± 320	8.6 ± 3.0	793 ± 333
SOP	107 ± 18	939 ± 191	10.2 ± 2.8	860 ± 207
p-value	0.69	0.98	0.53	0.79

DCP dynamic compression plate, SOP String-of-Pearls™ plate. Values are reported as mean ± SEM

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