Mechanical Evaluation of Locking, Nonlocking, and Hybrid Plating Constructs Using a Locking Compression Plate in a Canine Synthetic Bone Model.

Objective: To evaluate the mechanical properties of locking screw placement in hybrid plating in comparison to all-locked and all nonlocked constructs.

Study Design: Completely randomized design. Forty-eight synthetic bone cylinders (4th generation composite Sawbones(®)) across 6 construct types (n = 8 each).