Table 1. Histomorphometric comparisons of the study groups. Concerning “tissue compartments”; percentages of new bone, marrow space, and residual graft materials are shown. Concerning “microarchitectural parameters”; trabecular thickness, trabecular width, trabecular separation, and node:terminus ratio values of the newly formed bone are shown. Results are presented as means ± standard deviations (SD).
| Groups (Mean±SD) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autograft (n=10) | Xenograft (n=10) | Xenograft+HA (n=10) | ||
| Tissue compartments (%) | ||||
| New bone | 75.31±2.88ᵃ | 26.92±4.49c | 30.72±3.14b | 0.0001 |
| Marrow space | 24.67±2.88ᵃ | 11.01±4.63b | 14.49±4.41b | 0.0001 |
| Residual graft | 0 | 63.59±7.18b | 54.78±5.16ᵃ | 0.0355 |
| Microarchitectural parameters (μm) | ||||
| Trabecular thickness (TbTh) | 38.19±5.26ᵃ | 16.93±2.11b | 20.12±7.28b | 0.0001 |
| Trabecular width (TbWi) | 42.35±6.43ᵃ | 18.82±2.48b | 24.12±8.73b | 0.0001 |
| Trabecular separation (TbSp) | 2.71±0.69ᵃ | 4.96±1.55b | 4.51±1.35b | 0.0006 |
| Node:Terminus ratio (NNd:NTm) | 6.99±2.57ᵃ | 3.49±1.36b | 3.86±0.78b | 0.0020 |
Different letters in a row show statistically significant differences between three groups. Order of importance a>b>c (if any)