In this study, the mechanical properties of a new metallic system for bone synthesis (SPS® - Synthesis Pengo System) were investigated by means of flexion and torsion mechanical tests. The SPS® systems were assembled in cylindrical wood sticks using stainless steel cortical bolts. Nine groups of models were adopted for tests according to the three plate lengths and the three assembly distances. Flexion tests were performed with the SPS® systems positioned laterally to the assay machine's dislocation axis. For the torsion tests, the SPS® systems were placed in no specific position. The SPS® stiffness and deflection results obtained with the flexion and torsion mechanical tests were dependent on the number of holes on the plates and on the distance between the plates mounted in the wood stick, that is, the higher the number of holes and the shorter the distance between plates, the higher the stiffness and the lower the deflection. It can be concluded that stiffness and deflection changed proportionally to the number of the holes in the plates and the distance between them.
Bone plates; Fracture fixation; Fracture fixation internal
