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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2016 May 10;104(9):2255–2262. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35759

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Location of the implant in the mouse distal femur. UHMWPE particles with or without IL-4 or 7ND releasing implant surface coating were infused into murine distal femurs through a hollow titanium rod, axially press fit to a mean depth of 3 mm through the intercondylar region. (a) Lateral and (b) posterior views of the femurs excised 4 weeks after the implantation showing the rod in situ. (c) Corresponding coronal plane μCT image after the rod removal with pullout test. The footprint of the implant is evident in the distal epi-and metaphyseal region. Horizontal lines show the location of μCT transverse sections chosen for the detailed μCT image analysis 3, 4, 5, 6 mm from the distal end of the femur.