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Table 2 Flexural strength, maximum strain, elastic modulus, and fracture characteristics across experimental groups

From: Different polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) reinforcement strategies for long bone osteoplasty procedures: a controlled laboratory comparison using the 4-point bending test

 

n

Flexural strength

[MPa] Mean (SD)

Max. strain

[%] Mean (SD)

Young’s modulus [GPa] Mean (SD)

Fracture specimen [%]

Fracture reinforcement [%]

Central Fracture/ defect n/n

Off-center Fracture

/ defect n/n

->

 

C

10

48 (12)

3.0 (0.9)

2.7 (0.3)

100

-

6/1

4/1

CW

9

64 (6)

3.0 (0.7)

2.8 (0.3)

100

0

7/2

2/0

CC

9

63 (14)

3.8 (1.0)

2.4 (0.4)

67

33

8/2

1/0