Comminuted olecranon fracture fixation with pre-contoured plate: Comparison of composite and cadaver bones

Table 2 Load to failure criterion of 2 mm gapping, displacement, stiffness and bone density per specimen

	Composite bones					Human cadaver bones
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
Load to failure criteria (nm)	11.91	9.40	10.97	10.67	9.64	15.10	12.59	13.05	13.02	15.38
Displacement (mm)	1.76	2.00	1.85	2.00	1.70	2.00	2.00	1.71	2.00	2.00
Stiffness (nm/mm)	6.80	4.69	5.95	5.33	5.69	7.55	6.31	7.62	6.52	7.72
Bone density (g/cm2)	-	-	-	-	-	0.723	0.456	0.658	0.665	0.883
Failure mode	Distal fracture	Fracture gap	Distal fracture	Fracture gap	Distal fracture	Fracture gap	Fracture gap	Triceps failure	Fracture gap	Fracture gap