Fig. 5.
Lesional volume measurements (shown as the mean and standard deviation) demonstrated significantly increased (p < 0.05) cavitation size at four weeks in both the contusion-only and the durotomy-only groups relative to the size in the animals that had received a dural allograft following decompression. At two weeks, the animals that had received a durotomy alone showed significantly increased (p < 0.05) cavitation size relative to that in the other treatment groups.