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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

Table 1.

Study design and experimental groups. Solid group designates animals implanted with solid pylons; Small group, animals implanted with pylons of small pore size 40–100 μm; Large group, animals with pylons of larger pore size 100 – 160 μm; Nano group had implanted pylons with pore size 40–100 μm and a nanotubular surface treatment.

Groups Rat type 3 Weeks 6 Weeks Total
Solid SD 5 5
Small Hairless 5 5 10
Small SD 5 5
Large Hairless 5 5 10
Nano Hairless 5 5
Nano SD 5 5