Biomechanical Evaluation of Dual Plate Configurations for Femoral Shaft Fracture Fixation

Figure 1

Transverse diagrams representing the 4 tested constructs. The specimens were randomly assigned to 4 distinct groups: Group 1 (DCP-A) consisted of dual dynamic compression plates in an adjacent orientation; Group 2 (DCP-O) included orthogonal dual compression plate constructs; Group 3 (DLP-A) encompassed adjacent dual locking plates; and Group 4 (DLP-O) contained dual locking constructs in an orthogonal configuration.