Table 1.
Timeline of motor recovery based on evocable compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) recorded from the anterior tibial (TA) and plantar muscles (PL) upon transcutaneous stimulation of the reconstructed sciatic nerve. Every 20 weeks beginning at 16 weeks after surgery, group sizes were reduced by six animals for interim histomorphometrical analysis. In the EO group, three other animals died due to age in the course of the study (respective n-counts are displayed in the table). A chi-square test was used for statistical analysis of the results (level of significance: p<0.05).
| 16 weeks | 36 weeks | 56 weeks | 76 weeks | ||||||
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| after surgery | after surgery | after surgery | after surgery | ||||||
| TA | EO | 9/24 | 37.5% | 11/18 | 61.1% | 9/11 | 81.8% | 3/3 | 100.0% |
| β | 12/24 | 50.0% | 12/18 | 66.7% | 11/12 | 91.7% | 6/6 | 100.0% | |
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| PL | EO | 10/24 | 41.7% | 10/18 | 55.6% | 7/11 | 63.6% | 3/3 | 100.0% |
| β | 12/24 | 50.0% | 11/18 | 61.1% | 10/12 | 83.3% | 6/6 | 100.0% | |