Different Effects of Implanting Sensory Nerve or Blood Vessel on the Vascularization, Neurotization, and Osteogenesis of Tissue-Engineered Bone In Vivo
Figure 2
Surgery process of the rabbit model. (a) A 1.5 cm length of femur was intercepted between the second and the third holes of the plate; (b) tissue-engineered bone was imbedded into the defect (group Blank); (c) implanting femoral vascular bundle (group VB); (d) implanting saphenous nerve (group SN).
