Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 5 Radiological findings at 6th 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	2 (1–3)	2 (1–2)	0.11
Proximal union	1 (0–1)	2 (1–2)^b	0.008
Distal union	1 (0–1)	2 (1–2)	0.01
Remodeling	1 (0–1)	1 (0–1)	0.17

Significant P values are presented in bold face
^aKruskal–Wallis non-parametric ANOVA
^bP = 0.01 (compared with group I by Mann–Whitney U test)

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