Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Radiological findings at 4th week

From: Xenogenic demineralized bone matrix and fresh autogenous cortical bone effects on experimental bone healing: radiological, histopathological and biomechanical evaluation

	Median (min–max)		P ^a
	Group I (n = 10)	Group II (n = 10)	P ^a
Bone formation	1 (1–1)	1 (1–1)	0.006
Proximal union	0 (0–0)	1 (1–1)^b	0.004
Distal union	0 (0–0)	1 (0–1)^c	0.006
Remodeling	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)	1.000

Significant P-values are presented in bold face
^aKruskal–Wallis non-parametric ANOVA
^bP = 0.008 (compared with group I by Mann–Whitney U test)
^cP = 0.03 (compared with group I by Mann–Whitney U test)

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