Research Article

Evidence of Negative Effects of Defect Size and Older Patient Age by Quantitative CT-Based 3D Image Analysis in Ultraporous Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate Grafted Extremity Bone Defects at One Year

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for 21 bone lesions.

ParameterMeanMedianStd DevMinMax

Patient Age22.31618.3466

Original Defect Volume (DV, mm3)2352080063139010794490

New Bone Volume (NB, mm3)154807025187806658220

Remaining TCP Volume (mm3)8037157013010041910

New Bone Fraction (NB/DV)0.760.760.130.541.0

Cortical Defect Diameter Major (mm)11.27.715.0062.0

Cortical Defect Diameter Minor (mm)5.42.26.7022.2

Cortical Defect Fraction (CDF)0.210.150.2000.67