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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 13 Calculated critical angles based on the strain approach

From: Mechanical strength assessment of a drilled hole in the contralateral cortex at the end of the open wedge for high tibial osteotomy

Cases

Specimens

Critical angle αcrit [°]

2D FEA

3D FEA

H

SNH

1.2

2.3

SWHE

3.3

3.9

SWHA

1.7

3.3

M

SNH

1.5

2.7

SWHE

3.8

4.5

SWHA

2.3

4.1

L

SNH

0.6

1.3

SWHE

1.8

2.1

SWHA

0.9

1.7

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