Table 2.
Histopathological results of bone specimens.
| Case | Anterior margin | Medial area | Posterior margin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Central area of bone destruction) | |||||||
| Cortical bone∗ | Cancellous bone | Cancellous bone |
Cortical bone∗ | Cancellous bone | |||
| Inferior border | Middle level | Inferior border | Middle level | ||||
| 1 | NNNN | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV |
| 2 | NNNN | NNNN | VVVV | VVVV | NNNN | NVNN | VVVV |
| 3 | NVNV | VVVV | VVVV | VNVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV |
| 4 | NNNN | VNNN | VVVV | NNNN | NNNN | NNNN | NVNN |
| 5 | NNNN | NNNN | VVVV | NVNV | NVNN | VVVV | VVVV |
| 6 | NNNN | NVNN | VVVV | VVVV | NNNN | NNNN | VVVV |
| 7 | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV |
| 8 | NNNN | NNNN | VVVV | VVVV | NVNN | NNNN | NNNN |
| 9 | NNNN | NNNN | VVVV | VVVV | NVNN | NNNN | VVVN |
| 10 | NNNN | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV | VVVV |
| 11 | NNNN | NNNN | VVVV | VVNN | NNNN | NNNN | VVNN |
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| Concordance rate (%)∗∗ | 91 | 82 | 100 | 73 | 73 | 100 | 82 |
∗Cortical bone was histopathologically analyzed at two levels (near the inferior border and the middle level of the mandible). ∗∗Independently evaluated by four observers. V, viable; N, necrotic.