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In the safety assessment of the constructs, the peak stress of plates between constructs was found to not be statistically significantly different under a doubled physiological load (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;gt; 0.05). The average stress of the plates\u2019 elements exceeding the allowable stress was analyzed, and no statistically significant differences were found between the two constructs under axial compression stress conditions (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;gt; 0.05). The average stress of the plates\u2019 elements in the redesigned plating construct under torsional stress conditions was 3.08% less than that of the locked plating construct (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Under the double physiological load condition, 89% of the elements of the plate in the redesigned plating construct and 85% of the elements of the plate in the locked plating construct were lower than the maximum safe stress of the plate, which was 410\u00a0MPa (secondary allowable stresses). 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