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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2011 Jul 23;49(5):923–930. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.07.013

Figure 6. Rigorous Cleaning of Implants Enhances Biomechanical Measures of Osseointegration.

Figure 6

Adherent LPS on rigorously cleaned implants and two lots of autoclaved implants (A). Pullout testing parameters at 1 week after implantation of ultimate force (B), stiffness (C), and work to failure (D) vs. adherent LPS. Rigorously cleaned implants (white bar in A and white symbols in B–D) were prepared from the same lot of implants as autoclaved lot#1 (grey bar in A and grey symbols in B–D). Autoclaved lot #2 (black bar in A and black symbols in B–D) are from the same lot of implants shown in Figure 5C–E. Data shown as mean ± SEM; “a” denotes p=0.005, “b” denotes p<0.001 and “d” denotes p=0.044 compared to rigorously cleaned implants; “c” denotes p=0.014 compared to autoclaved lot#1. For rigorously cleaned implants, n=7. For autoclaved implants lot #1, n=8. For autoclaved implants lot#2, n=9.