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Table 1 Histomorphometrical analysis of cumulative contact (A) and area density (B) parameter (mean +/− standard deviation, n = 4 for each group and time-period, p-values (p < 5%) highlighted by bold numbers)

From: Early tissue responses to zoledronate, locally delivered by bone screw, into a compromised cancellous bone site: a pilot study

 

Time period

Day 5

Day 10

 

Group

Control

Test

Control

Test

A: Contact (%)

Bone

2 ± 1

4 ± 3

10 ± 8

15 ± 8

Fibrin

79 ± 11

62 ± 15

15 ± 15

0

Fibro-mesenchymal tissue

14 ± 10

31 ± 17

73 ± 19

85 ± 8

Lacunae

5 ± 5

3 ± 3

2 ± 2

0

B: Area density (%)

Bone

26 ± 8

19 ± 8

28 ± 4

36 ± 4

Fibrin

29 ± 7

20 ± 9

4 ± 5

0

Fibro-mesenchymal tissue

24 ± 15

34 ± 22

44 ± 7

60 ± 1

 

Lacunae

21 ± 11

28 ± 15

24 ± 8

4 ± 3