Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Histopathologic evaluation system [24]
From: Effect of alpha-tocopherol on bone formation during distraction osteogenesis: a rabbit model
Tissue | Score |
|---|---|
Fibrous tissue | 1 |
Predominantly fibrous tissue with some cartilage | 2 |
Equal amounts of fibrous and cartilage tissue | 3 |
All cartilage | 4 |
Predominantly cartilage tissue with some woven bone | 5 |
Equal amounts of cartilage and woven bone | 6 |
Predominantly woven bone with some cartilage | 7 |
Entirely woven bone | 8 |
Woven bone and some mature bone | 9 |
Lamellar (mature) bone | 10 |