Table 5.

Modified Lane and Sandhu radiological scoring of bone formation, union, and remodeling (postoperatively)

Time	Experimental group			Control group
	Formation	Union	Reconstruction	Formation	Union	Reconstruction
0 d	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 wk	1	1	0	1	0	0
8 wk	2–3a	2a	1a	1–2	0	0
12 wk	3–4a	2a	1–2a	1–2	0	0–1

Note: Significant difference (P<0.05) was found between the experimental group^a and control group at each time point.

Abbreviations: d, days; wk, weeks.