FIGURE 3.
Histological evaluation with Safranin O/Fast Green to compare the repair of microfracture defects with implantation of gelatin–collagen I scaffolds carrying stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) (50 ng/ml) and control groups in vivo (×40 magnification) at 8 weeks post-operatively. Representative images were selected based upon the best quality of cartilage repair within each group. (A) Defect only group. (B) Gelatin only group. (C) Gelatin and SDF-1 group. (D) Quantitative comparison of cartilage repair quality with Modified O’Driscoll scores at 4 and 8 weeks post-operatively. ∗∗P < 0.01.