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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 Jun;90(6):814–820. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B6.20079

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Confocal microscopic images of intact human articular cartilage obtained 24 hours after exposure to a) saline and b) 0.5% bupivacaine for 30 minutes. There is increased cell death after exposure to 0.5% bupivacaine (p < 0.05) (fluorescent nuclei stained red; viable chondrocytes stained green; calibration bar 500 μm).