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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Jan;93(1):131–139. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B1.24261

Table I.

Histomorphometric results; fraction of new, old and total bone, marrow-like and fibrous tissues at implant surface (surface fraction), and in a concentric peri-implant gap (volume fraction) at 2.5 mm divided in an outer gap (1500 μm) and inner gap. n (control = 10, n (PTH) = 8. Mann-Whitney test (%, range.

Total bone New bone Old bone Marrow Fibrous
Implant interface
 Control 12 (8 to 16) 10 (7 to 15) 1 (1 to 2) 87 (84 to 92) 0 (0 to 0)
 PTH* 12 (9 to 16) 12 (8 to 14) 1 (1 to 2) 86 (83 to 88) 0 (0 to 1)
Inner gap
 Control 26 (23 to 30) 14 (13 to 16) 13 (9 to 17) 73 (70 to 75) 0 (0 to 0)
 PTH 33 (28 to 34) 20 (16 to 22) 13 (11 to 15) 67 (65 to 70) 0 (0 to 0)
Outer gap
 Control 26 (23 to 27) 15 (14 to 16) 11 (8 to 12) 74 (73 to 77) 0 (0 to 0)
 PTH 30 (27 to 32) 21 (17 to 23) 8 (7 to 12) 70 (68 to 73) 0 (0 to 0)
*

PTH, parathyroid hormone

p = 0.07, PTH compared with control within region

p < 0.05