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The purpose of this study is to test the adequacy of screw fixation in MM fractures with different angles and determination of a \u2018critical fracture angle\u2019 to guide surgeons in the decision-making for screw fixation for MM fractures by utilizing an advanced engineering simulation approach. In addition to loading of the healthy tibia structure, various cases of the MM fracture double screw fixation (14 simulation scenarios in total with fracture angles between 30\u00b0 and 90\u00b0, in 5\u00b0 increments) were considered in this research and their static loading conditions just after fixation operation were simulated through nonlinear (geometric and contact nonlinearity) finite element analysis (FEA). Patient-specific computed tomography scan data, parametric three-dimensional solid modelling and finite element method (FEM) based engineering codes were employed in order to simulate the fixation scenarios. Visual and numerical outputs for the deformation and stress distributions, separation and sliding behaviours of the MM fracture fragments of various screw fixations were clearly exhibited through FEA results. Minimum and maximum separation distances (gap) of 3.75 and 150.34\u2009\u00b5m between fracture fragments at fracture angles of 30\u00b0 and 90\u00b0 were calculated respectively against minimum and maximum sliding distances of 25.87 and 41.37\u2009\u00b5m between fracture fragments at fracture angles of 90\u00b0 and 35\u00b0, respectively. The FEA results revealed that while the separation distance was increasing, the sliding distance was decreasing and there were no distinct differences in sliding distances in the scenarios from fracture angles of 30\u00b0\u201390\u00b0. 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