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Table 4 Bone ingrowth distance

From: Local treatment of a bone graft by soaking in zoledronic acid inhibits bone resorption and bone formation. A bone chamber study in rats

Group

1. Saline control

2. Short soaking time

3. Long soaking time

4. Topical zoledronic acid, no rinse

5. Zoledronic acid systemic injection

1. Saline control

-

-

-

-

-

2. Short soaking time

0.059

-

-

-

-

3. Long soaking time

0.007

0.25

-

-

-

4. Topical zoledronic acid, no rinse

0.13

0.55

0.086

-

-

5. Zoledronic acid systemic injection

0.82

0.11

0.008

0.29

-

  1. P values for comparisons of bone ingrowth distance between treatment groups. Bold numbers indicate p < 0.05.