Is Bridge Plating of Comminuted Humeral Shaft Fractures Advantageous When Using Compression Plates with Three versus Two Screws per Fragment? A Biomechanical Cadaveric Study

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Setup with a specimen mounted for biomechanical testing in lateral bending (a, b), anterior bending (c), axial bending, and torsion in internal rotation (d). Arrows in (a) and (d) denote loading directions.

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