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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2013 Jun 7;102(5):1305–1315. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34807

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Representative stained (haematoxylin and basic fuchsin) sections of implants with small pore size (Small), large pore size (Large) and small pore size with nano-surface treatment (Nano) at 3 and 6 weeks after implantation. Top panels: Typical tissue features in stained sections through a porous (A) and solid (B) implants. 1: Serocellular crust on exterior side of implant. 2: Skin on upper edge of implant. 3: Fibrous capsule surrounding implant. 4: Central reinforcing wire. 5: Deep skin ingrowth into pores of implant. C–H: Examples of tissue ingrowth into 3 implant types and across different implantation durations (all magnifications are 2x). Asterisk (*) indicates serocellular crust. Arrow in G shows a pocket with cellular debris at the epidermal-implant interface.