Table 7. Increased stress difference with increasing defect volume after the removal of the internal fixator.

Operating conditions	A	B	C	D	E
Vertical load	0.0921	0.115	0.615	0.3058	0.0575
Forward flexion	5.169	1.5587	0.0378	0.2427	0.1361
Extension	1.2769	0.0138	0.5651	0.1077	0.967
Right-side flexion	1.0697	1.4444	3.9601	0.5607	11.2048
Left-side flexion	2.4259	0.7375	3.5168	0.1857	10.7302
Right rotation	0.0866	0.0666	0.0398	0.5092	2.4346
Left rotation	0.1723	0.0079	0.0116	0.0383	2.6466