Table 2.
Rabbit number | Implants | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Empty | 0 μg | 1 μg | 5 μg | 40 μg | |
1 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
3 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Mean ± SD | 9.5 ± 2.1 | 11.3 ± 1.6 | 12.2 ± 2.3 | 13 ± 1.4* | 12.5 ± 1.6* |
‘Empty’ indicates untreated defects,‘0’ indicates defects treated with the gelatin sponge only (no E-rhBMP-2)
* Significantly different from the untreated defect group (P < 0.05)