Less than full circumferential fusion of a tibial nonunion is sufficient to achieve mechanically valid fusion - Proof of concept using a finite element modeling approach

Table 3 Reduction of the nonunion area mesh cells in every step of the algorithm (row 1); maximum von Mises stress for every step of the algorithm (row 2)

Detection of minimal fusion area
Step	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Reduction [%]	-	50.7	3.4	21.9	12.2	5.5	2.7

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