Fig. 7.

2D/3D μCT reconstructed images of the defects in blank (A–P) and nCSi (a–p) groups at 3–180 days postoperatively (White arrows indicating the hollows of the defects. Yellow, new bone; blue, residual material) (Q–T) Quantitative data on newly formed bone volume/total volume (BV/TV) ratio and trabecular number (Tb.N), residual scaffold volume/total volume (RV/TV), trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) based on μCT (results are plotted as mean ± SD, *P < 0.05, n = 3, using Student's t-test). (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)