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Table 2 Details of the three assembly units and the total number of nodes

From: Biomechanical study of femoral neck system for young patients with nonanatomically reduced femoral neck fractures: a finite element

Case group

Pauwels angle of 30°

Pauwels angle of 50°

Anatomic reduction group

  Node

404,356

367,375

  Unit

261,826

237,223

  Mesh size

Maximum: 2 mm; minimum: 1.5 mm

Positive buttress reduction group

  Node

356,984

359,218

  Unit

229,967

231,851

  Mesh size

Maximum: 2 mm; minimum: 1.5 mm

Negative buttress reduction group

  Node

364,990

380,371

  Unit

235,903

246,747

  Mesh size

Maximum: 2 mm, minimum: 1.5 mm