Table 2.

Descriptive statistics on the maximum percentage of chondrocytes (%) observed in the cartilage of the femoral condyles, in the various histological sections from each condyle, with or without prosthesis (neomeniscus), three weeks after implantation. Comparison using the Mann-Whitney U test (μ = 0.05)

	Percentage of chondrocytes (%) after 3 weeks
Control	Prosthesis
M	20.46	29.42
SD	2.38	11.72
SEM	1.07	4.78
MAX	22.9	48.2
MIN	17.6	15.8
N	5	6

Mann-Whitney UU_c = 3 U = 9.0 p > 0.05