. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Feb 23;100(5):1256–1268. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34012

Table 1.

Integrity of implants as a function of time for each implant exit site used for each implant exit site. Number of exit sites/implant = 2.

	Evaluation of implant integrity at each exit site
	poly(HEMA)			silicone
Implant duration	Intact	Broken @ exit site	Covered with skin	Intact	Broken @ exit site	Covered with skin
14 days	16/16	0	0	16/16	0	0
1 mo	16/16	0	0	16/16	0	0
3 mo^*	5/10	4/10	1/10	10/10	0	0
6 mo^†	1/14	5/14	8/14	12/14	0	2/14

Data represents results for 14 day, and 1, 3, and 6 month harvests for 8, 8, 5 and 7 mice, respectively.

Only 5 mice were included for the 3 month harvest because confirming gross images for 3 mice could not be analyzed.

^†

One mouse for the 6 month harvest was euthanized early due to malocclusion of the teeth.