Physical Properties and Biocompatibility of a Core-Sheath Structure Composite Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering In Vitro

Table 1

Water-absorption ratio, pority ratio, and mechanical strength of the PLGA/β-TCP scaffolds and the core-sheath structure composite scaffolds.

Material	Water-absorption ratio (%)	Parity ratio (%)	Compressive strength (Mpa)	Young’s modulus (Mpa)
PLGA/β-TCP	2.8±0.2	88.1±1.2	0.68±0.04	17.91±2.12
core-sheath	16.1±0.3 *	86.7±3.6	0.70±0.07	18.16±3.21

*Significantly different compared with the PLGA/β-TCP scaffolds (𝑛=3,𝑃<0.01).