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. 2021 Apr 6;6(11):3659–3670. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.03.030

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Fig. 6 — A femur defect reconstructed by a three-dimensional (3D)-printed porous Ti6Al4V implant (Case 3). Photographs of the implant-bone complex specimen from the (A) Lateral and (B) Anteroposterior views. Blue arrows indicate the site of the implant-bone contact area. (C) Histological images of the implant-boneimplant-bone interface, showing a high degree of new bone growth into the porous network. Micro-computed tomography images of the implant-bone contact area on the (D) Median sagittal, (E) Coronal and (F) Transverse sections.