Table 1. Summary of measurements in 8 patients.

	FM surface area (cm2)						FM stretch and rupture
(n=8)	In-vitro disc	In-vitro Reflected FM	In-vitro Total	In-vivo disc	In-vivo Reflected FM	In-vivo Total	FM stretch	Disc Stretch	Rupture pressure (mmHg)
1	265	505	771	254.23	1663.07	1917	3.29	0.96	242
2	252	565	817	309.20	1582.50	1892	2.80	1.23	210
3	300	578	878	372.27	1904.73	2277	3.30	1.24	240
4	432	616	1048	416.33	2311.67	2728	3.75	0.96	257
5	267	430	697	504.66	1438.34	1943	3.34	1.89	428
6	278	597	875	304.20	2108.50	2413	3.53	1.09	280
7	243	587	829	310.46	1686.84	1997	2.88	1.28	400
8	341	485	826	385.42	1531.68	1917	3.16	1.13	364
Mean ± SEM	297.18 ± 22.14	545.41 ± 22.09	842.59 ± 35.86	357.09 ± 28.08	1778.42 ± 107.39	2135.51 ± 108.47	3.26 ± 0.11	1.22 ± 0.10	302.63 ± 29.19