Table 3.
Comparison between groups of biomaterials in relation to histological findings in the tympanic bulla of rats after 1 month of experiment (T1).
| Histological findings | Group–T1 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BP (n = 7) | GF (n = 5) | ||
| Muc. Th. | |||
| Absent/Light | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (60.0%) | > 0.999. |
| Moderate/Severe | 3 (42.9%) | 2 (40.0%) | |
| TM. Th. | |||
| Absent/Light | 7(100%) | 3 (60.0%) | 0.152. |
| Moderate/Severe | 0(0%) | 2 (40.0%) | |
| LMN | |||
| Absent/Light | 1(14.3%) | 4 (80.0%) | 0.062. |
| Moderate/Severe | 6 (85.7%) | 1 (20.0%) | |
| PMN | |||
| Absent/Light | 1(14.3%) | 5 (100%) | 0.015a |
| Moderate/Severe | 6 (85.7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Neoangio | |||
| Absent/Light | 7(100%) | 4 (80.0%) | 0.417. |
| Moderate/Severe | 0 (0%) | 1 (20.0%) | |
| Fibrosis | |||
| Absent/Light | 5 (71.4%) | 1 (20.0%) | 0.234. |
| Moderate/Severe | 2(28.6%) | 4 (80.0%) | |
a
Statistically significant (p < 0.05).