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. 2018 Dec 3;24(23-24):1753–1764. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2018.0075

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© Aurimas Širka et al. 2018; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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FIG. 1. — Surgical procedure. (A) The exposed site of incision. (B) The bone being drilled at the crest of the femur using a posterior approach with the drill bit used to create the defect (inset). (C) The position of the drill bit after completion of the drilling, and the black arrow points at the femoral head. (D) The point of entry in the cortical bone. (E) A piece of CS/HA biomaterial (black arrow) being impacted into the defect using a mandrel. Inset in (E) shows the mandrel used for impaction. CS, calcium sulphate; HA, hydroxyapatite. Color images available online at www.liebertpub.com/tea