Table 1.
List of Implant Received by Each Animal and the Type of Analysis Performed for the Implants
| animal no. |
left knee | right knee | time (weeks) |
analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rabbit 1 | BLANK | GRADIENT | 12 | morphology & histology |
| rabbit 2 | BLANK | GRADIENT | 12 | morphology & histology |
| rabbit 3 | BLANK | GRADIENT | 12 | morphology & mechanical |
| rabbit 4a | BLANK | GRADIENT | 12 | euthanized prematurely |
| rabbit 5 | BLANK | GRADIENT | 12 | morphology & mechanical |
| rabbit 6 | GRADIENT | BLANK | 12 | morphology & histology |
| rabbit 7 | GRADIENT | BLANK | 12 | morphology & histology |
| rabbit 8 | GRADIENT | BLANK | 12 | morphology & mechanical |
| rabbit 9 | GRADIENT | BLANK | 12 | morphology & mechanical |
| rabbit 10b | GRADIENT | BLANK | 12 | euthanized prematurely |
a
Euthanized prematurely because of chronic lameness.
b
Euthanized prematurely because of causes unrelated to the implant.