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Table 5 Tensile (T) and compressive (C) stresses in the cross sections of maximum von-Mises stress in the implants

From: Numerical comparative study of five currently used implants for high tibial osteotomy: realistic loading including muscle forces versus simplified experimental loading

Implants

Simplified loading

Muscle actions

Position 1

Position 2

Position 3

T (MPa)

C (MPa)

T (MPa)

C (MPa)

T (MPa)

C (MPa)

T (MPa)

C (MPa)

Contour Lock

108

−156

81

−137

58

−60

16

−47

TomoFix sm

83

− 174

51

−110

2

−50

18

−68

iBalance

1

−12

7

−8

2

−4

4

−11

PEEKPower

9

−89

24

−46

16

−13

16

−86

TomoFix std

53

−134

41

−82

9

−46

15

−62