. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Jul;134(1):51–59. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000287

Table 3.

Regional Tissue Modulus / Apparent Stiffness

Group	Apparent Stiffness (GPa)	P Value
Native Calvarium (N=7)	10.66 +/− 3.07	-
Defect (N=14)	8.31 +/− 2.15	0.07
Control Defect (N=8)	8.64 +/− 2.03	-
Regenerate w/rhBMP2 exposure (N=6)	7.87 +/− 2.42	0.70
Defect Margin (N=14)	10.63 +/− 2.52	-
Native Calvarium (N=7)	10.66 +/− 3.07	0.88
Control (N=8)	8.64 +/− 2.03	0.017
Regenerate w/ rhBMP2 exposure (N=6)	7.87 +/− 2.42	0.12
Regenerate w/ Free rhBMP2 Exposure (N=3)	7.01 +/− 1.07
Regenerate w/ PLGA-rhBMP2 Exposure (N=3)	8.74 +/− 3.35	0.83