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Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2013 Apr 6;9(7):7506–7517. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.03.039

Table III.

Amount of new bone, fibrous tissue, and bone marrow-like tissue formed in bioactive glass (13-93) scaffolds implanted for 6 weeks in rat calvarial defects. The amount of each tissue is expressed as a percent of the available pore space (area) in the scaffolds and the total defect area.

Scaffold group	New bone (%)		Fibrous tissue (%)		Bone marrow-like tissue (%)
Scaffold group	Available area	Total area	Available pore area	Total area	Available area	Total area
As fabricated (0d)	32 ± 13	18 ± 8	62 ± 14	34 ± 8	1 ± 1	1 ± 1
1d	46 ± 10	25 ± 5	45 ± 12	25 ± 7	2 ± 1	1 ± 1
3d	57 ± 14	33 ± 10	35 ± 13	19 ± 7	3 ± 2	2 ± 1
6d	45 ± 11	26 ± 8	48 ± 13	28 ± 8	2 ± 1	1 ± 1
1d+BMP	65 ± 7	38 ± 4	14 ± 12	8 ± 7	13 ± 6	8 ± 3
3d+BMP	61± 8	35 ± 3	7 ± 7	4 ± 4	22 ± 8	12 ± 4
6d+BMP	64 ± 11	38 ± 6	15 ± 19	10 ± 12	16 ± 8	10 ± 5