Table 1.
Technique | Weeks | Control | Experimental | p Value | Standard error |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Histomorphometry | 4 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 0.00008 | 0.25 |
8 | 0.24 | 6.3 | 0.0001 | 0.63 | |
12 | 0.7 | 14.3 | 0.0002 | 1.68 | |
Microcomputed tomography | 4 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 0.86 | 1.10 |
8 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 1.57 | |
12 | 16.6 | 18.3 | 0.59 | 2.97 |
*The mean amount of new bone produced on the scaffold was calculated in two-dimensional area and expressed as percent increase compared with scaffold alone for the control and experimental limbs of the experiment; four animals for each cell.