1, A bone plate, comprising: a locking hole extending through the bone plate from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof, the locking hole being threaded and sized and shaped to lockingly receive a correspondingly threaded head of a bone fixation element therethrough and a first plate relief extending at least partially through a thickness of the plate and separated from the locking hole to define a first weakened portion of the bone plate, the first plate relief extending around a portion of a circumference of the locking hole.
