Table 2.

Summary of stress on femoral cortex

	Fracture line type	Defect in the medial femur							Defect in the lateral femur
			0 mm	5 mm	10 mm	15 mm	20 mm	30 mm	0 mm	5 mm	10 mm	15 mm	20 mm	30 mm
Femoral cortical stress distribution in the case of unilateral locking plate (9H)	\	0°	124	132	168	185	269	╳	124	124	123	116	123	╳
		15°	154	215	227	284	347	╳	154	155	154	150	163	╳
		30°	288	352	403	╳	╳	╳	288	291	311	311	302	╳
		45°	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
	/	0°	124	132	168	185	269	╳	124	124	123	116	123	╳
		15°	119	144	151	177	296	╳	119	128	135	118	124	╳
		30°	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
		45°	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
Femoral cortical stress distribution in the case of bilateral locking plate (9H)	/	0°	170	172	178	183	207	222	170	173	179	185	178	190
		15°	203	208	213	238	246	333	203	205	219	223	213	234
		30°	277	327	296	317	314	326	277	285	278	264	282	294
		45°	306	427	410	407	413	440	306	313	293	293	307	341
	\	0°	170	172	178	183	207	222	170	173	179	185	178	190
		15°	168	175	191	177	182	227	203	187	179	180	172	266
		30°	180	197	176	187	184	211	180	171	186	187	188	255
		45°	216	220	215	218	236	╳	216	243	246	292	305	326
Femoral cortical stress distribution in the case of unilateral locking plate (13H)	/	0°	135	138	190	204	308	╳	135	122	157	120	119	╳
		15°	170	212	232	276	511	╳	170	165	155	139	176	╳
		30°	359	329	╳	╳	╳	╳	359	338	317	325	304	╳
		45°	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
	\	0°	135	138	190	204	308	╳	135	122	157	120	119	╳
		15°	123	148	133	185	330	╳	123	119	126	119	120	╳
		30°	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
		45°	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
Femoral cortical stress distribution in the case of bilateral locking plate (13H)	/	0°	142	154	159	177	202	276	142	146	150	168	164	167
		15°	214	239	269	278	291	304	214	218	207	214	220	221
		30°	275	308	312	318	313	323	275	289	287	302	308	307
		45°	348	359	355	356	360	356	348	360	360	352	378	373
	\	0°	142	154	159	177	202	276	142	146	150	168	164	167
		15°	148	144	147	151	161	227	148	143	148	156	160	161
		30°	150	168	171	172	180	206	150	148	165	171	173	223
		45°	277	359	370	392	402	/	277	321	327	298	328	340

*The “\” meant that the direction of fracture line was outer inferior–inner superior. The “/” meant that the direction of fracture line is outer superior–inner inferior. The “╳” meant that the model did not converge in this condition