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In internal fixation devices, bone screws are used to compress the plate against the bone surface thus providing a stable fixation system capable of transmitting forces. Previous work has shown that the position of the screws and the degree of plate-hole occupation play an important part in the tor-sional rigidity of the fixation (1) and the anchorage strength between plate and bone (2).
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Comte, P., Straumann, F. (1985). Influence of Unoccupied Holes on the Fatigue Behaviour of Bone Fixation Plates. In: Perren, S.M., Schneider, E. (eds) Biomechanics: Current Interdisciplinary Research. Developments in Biomechanics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7432-9_66
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