Table 1.
Parameter | Donor Bone | Scaffold | |
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Density | 1366 ± 20 mg/mL | 570 ± 9 mg/mL | p < 0.01 |
Porosity | 79.5 ± 9.1% | 69.1 ± 11.1% | p = 0.2 |
Anisotropy | 1.88 ± 0.1 | 1.65 ± 0.1 | p = 0.1 |
Mean Pore Size | 458.5 ± 66.3 µm | 474.2 ± 76.2 µm | p = 0.8 |
Strut Thickness | 142.8 ± 27.8 µm | 121.7 ± 21.9 µm | p = 0.3 |
Donor bone was decellularized to create scaffolds. Density and ultrastructure parameters are presented as the mean ± standard error and compared by independent samples t-tests.