Challenges for Nerve Repair Using Chitosan-Siloxane Hybrid Porous Scaffolds

Table 2

Histomorphometrical assessment of the regenerated rat sciatic nerve, treated with hMSCs and porous membranes, during a healing period of 12 weeks after axonotmetic injury.

Group	Density (N/mm^2)	Number (N)	Fiber diameter (mm)	Axon diameter (mm)	Myelin thickness (mm)
CrushCell	20,200 ± 4,971	9,806 ± 2,695	5.31 ± 0.19	3.74 ± 0.49	0.78 ± 0.10
CrushChCell	21,514 ± 6,308	11,413 ± 3,752	4.90 ± 0.97	3.41 ± 0.72	0.75 ± 0.14
CrushCh	15,533 ± 7,713	7,982 ± 3,092	5.29 ± 1.05	3.50 ± 0.55	1.02 ± 0.22
Control	15,905 ± 287	7,666 ± 190	6.66 ± 0.12	4.26 ± 0.07	1.19 ± 0.03