Biomechanical Comparison of Three Different Intramedullary Nails for Fixation of Unstable Basicervical Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Proximal Femur: Experimental Studies

Table 1

Mechanical properties of the cortical, cancellous and callus bones, and implants for the current finite element model.

Part	Component	Young’s modulus (MPa)	Poisson’s ratio
Bone	Cortical bone	17,000	0.3
	Cancellous bone	445	0.2
	Callus	20	0.3
Implant	Gamma 3 (TI6Al4V)	113,800	0.342
	Gamma 3 U-blade (TI6Al4V)
	PFNA-II (TI6Al7Nb)	110,000	0.35