Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Percentage of NO and apoptosis in fracture and control cartilage samples
Percentage of chondrocyte staining positive | Fracture cartilage | Control cartilage | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 24 (range) | SD (%) | n = 9 (range) | SD (%) | ||
Apoptosis (TUNEL) | 55.8 % (6–100) | 30.9 | 4.3 % (0–15) | 5.7 | <0.001 |
NO (α-nitrotyrosine) | 39.2 % (6–100) | 31.7 | 10.9 % (0–31) | 12.2 | <0.02 |