Table II.

Comparison of motor recovery and the number of neuromas in the control and bacterial cellulose group

Reconstruction method	Observation time [days]	Number of operated rats	Average motor recovery	Number of explants	Number of evaluable samples	Number of neuromas [%]
Control (end-to-end connection)	30	4	0.50	2	2	100.00
	60	5	1.10	5	3	100.00
	90	10	2.60	10	7	85.71
	180	5	3.33	5	3	66.67
Total	–	24	–	22	15	86.67
Bacterial cellulose tubes	30	5	0.48	3	3	100.00
	60	6	1.48	6	4	75.00
	90	11	2.47	10	8	0.00
	180	8	3.75	8	5	20.00
Total	–	30	–	27	20	35.00