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With a combined medial and lateral approach, a novel configuration of plating (combined anteromedial and anterolateral plating) has been used. In this study, we investigated the biomechanical properties of the novel plating by comparing it with some traditional strategies.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Based on the 3D morphology of a healthy subject\u2019s humerus, models of three types of intra-articular distal humeral fractures were established using a variety of different internal fixation methods: (a) treatment of a simple intra-articular fracture of the distal humerus with the novel double plate and a traditional orthogonal plate; (b) treatment of a comminuted fracture of the lower distal humerus with the novel double plate, a traditional orthogonal plate and a traditional orthogonal plate combined with distally extended tension screws; (c) treatment of a coronal shear fracture of the distal humerus with the novel double plate, a traditional orthogonal plate and the intra-articular placement of three screws. The material properties of all plates and screws were isotropic and linearly elastic. The Poisson ratio of the implant and bone was 0.3, and the elastic modulus of the implant was 114,000\u00a0MPa. The axial loading is 200\u00a0N, the bending loading is 30\u00a0N and varus rotation is 7.5\u00a0Nm in the longitudinal direction.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A simple model of intra-articular fracture of the distal humerus (AO C1 type) was established. Under all experimental conditions, the novel double plate showed greater stiffness than the orthogonal double plate. The axial straightening, bending compression and varus torsion increased by 18.00%, 16.00% and 44.00%, respectively. In the model of comminuted fracture of the lower distal humerus, the novel double plate showed the best stiffness under three experimental conditions (163.93\u00a0N\/mm, 37.97\u00a0N\/mm, 2697.84\u00a0N\u00a0mm\/\u00b0), and the stiffness of the traditional orthogonal plate combined with the distally extended tension screws was similar to that of the traditional orthogonal plate (121.21\u00a0N\/mm, 32.61\u00a0N\/mm, 1968.50\u00a0N\u00a0mm\/\u00b0). In the model of coronal shear fracture of the distal humerus, the novel double plate showed the best stiffness under all test conditions (194.17\u00a0N\/mm, 38.46\u00a0N\/mm, 2929.69\u00a0N\u00a0mm\/\u00b0), followed by the traditional plate (153.85\u00a0N\/mm, 33.33\u00a0N\/mm, 2650.18\u00a0N\u00a0mm\/\u00b0), while the stiffness of the three screws was the smallest (115.61\u00a0N\/mm, 28.30\u00a0N\/mm, 2180.23\u00a0N\u00a0mm\/\u00b0).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In terms of biomechanics, compared with other internal fixation methods, the novel combined anteromedial and anterolateral anatomical locking double-plate showed less stress, less displacement and greater stiffness. The novel double-plate method can be used to treat not only simple intra-articular fractures of the humerus but also complex comminuted fractures of the lower distal humerus and coronal shear fractures of the distal humerus, with a better effect than current traditional internal fixation methods.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13018-021-02836-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,16]],"date-time":"2021-11-16T09:04:49Z","timestamp":1637053489000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Biomechanical properties of a novel fixation system for intra-articular distal humerus fractures: a finite element analysis"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lingpeng","family":"Kong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qingsen","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7641-3475","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"2836_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"46","DOI":"10.1007\/s002640000198","volume":"25","author":"L Eralp","year":"2001","unstructured":"Eralp L, Kocaoglu M, Sar C, Atalar AC. 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