Table 3.

The Max EQS and minimum principal strain (compressive strain) results (mean ± SEM) of IS-II and IS-II fixtures for cortical bone, cancellous bone, and the nerve surface (* p-value < 0.01).

Components	Direction	Maximum Equivalent Stress (MPa)
		IS-II	n	IS-III	n	p -value
Cortical bone	100 N (Axial)	9.56 ± 0.10	4586	8.78 ± 0.09	3906	<0.001 *
	100 N (15°)	22.07 ± 0.32		19.70 ± 0.29		<0.001 *
	30 N (45°)	9.28 ± 0.12		8.38 ± 0.10		<0.001 *
Cancellous bone	100 N (Axial)	0.24 ± 0.002	8192	0.25 ± 0.002	7450	<0.001 *
	100 N (15°)	0.72 ± 0.005		0.76 ± 0.005		<0.001 *
	30 N (45°)	0.29 ± 0.002		0.31 ± 0.002		<0.001 *
Components	Direction	Maximum Equivalent Stress (kPa)
		IS-II	n	IS-III	n	p -value
Nerve	100 N (Axial)	18.80 ± 0.10	6031	18.30 ± 0.09	6031	<0.001 *
	100 N (15°)	19.80 ± 0.21		19.40 ± 0.20		0.168
	30 N (45°)	8.90 ± 0.07		8.80 ± 0.07		0.775
Components	Direction	Minimum Principal Strain (×10−3)
		IS-II	n	IS-III	n	p- value
Nerve	100 N (Axial)	2.796 ± 0.015	6031	2.719 ± 0.015	6031	<0.001 *
	100 N (15°)	2.339 ± 0.025		2.278 ± 0.025		0.088
	30 N (45°)	0.759 ± 0.007		0.751 ± 0.006		0.408