Table 2 Outcomes and modes of failure for in vitro plate-bone construct mechanical testing. Fourteen of seventeen constructs failed by either bone fracture, plate bending to the point of bone impingement at the opposite cortex, or initial plate bending followed by fracture. Three long plate constructs reached the 4.9 kN test endpoint without failure

From: In vitro analysis and in vivo assessment of fracture complications associated with use of locking plate constructs for stabilization of caprine tibial segmental defects