Bone plate

A bone plate having a first surface which, when the bone plate is positioned over a bone, faces the bone, and a second surface opposing the first surface, the bone plate, comprising:

• an elongate shaft portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the bone plate and including two opposing side walls extending longitudinally between the first and second surfaces to connect edges thereof and define a width of the shaft portion;
• a plurality of first through holes extending through the bone plate from the first surface to the second surface, each of the first through holes being configured to receive a bone anchor therein;
• and
• a plurality of recesses in the first surface extending from the opposing side walls over a portion of the width of the shaft portion transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft portion, each of the first through holes having an identical group of recesses associated therewith, each group of recesses including a first recess and a second recess differing from one another,
• wherein each group of recesses includes a third recess, the first, second and third recesses of each group being arranged side by side in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the bone plate, the second recess of each group lying between the first and third recesses and having a dimension smaller than a dimension of the corresponding first and third recesses.