Table 2.

Measurements of the total nerve cross-sectional area, total fascicle cross-sectional area, and total collagen cross-sectional area at the three sample sites.

Sample location	N ∗	Proximal (control)	Canal	Distal	Canal vs. proximal	Canal vs. distal	Proximal vs. distal
		Mean (mm2)	Mean (mm2)	Mean (mm2)	p	p	p
Total nerve cross-sectional area	23	0.130	0.170	0.138	0.109	0.190	0.655
Total fascicle cross-sectional area	24	3.426	2.482	3.121	0.016	0.107	0.350
Total collagen cross-sectional area	24	0.162	0.162	0.162	1	1	1

^∗ N is calculated with outliers removed; see Materials and Methods section. Numbers in bold indicate significance.