Figure 7.
Evaluation of fibrocartilage formation at the insertion using fast green-toluidine blue (FG&TB) staining. Representative FG&TB images of BTI at 2, 4 and 8 weeks postoperatively for all groups. The area selected by the rectangle dashed line is the local magnified area. SB, subchondral bone; ST, supraspinatus tendon; Scale bars indicate 200 μm for the overall picture and 50 μm for the local magnified area. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)