Evaluation of Osseous Integration of PVD-Silver-Coated Hip Prostheses in a Canine Model

Table 5

Percentage of osseous integration.

ROI	V2		V6		V7		V9
	OI/%	CTI/%	OI/%	CTI/%	OI/%	CTI/%	OI/%	CTI/%
1	n.a.	n.a.	20	80	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
2	n.a.	n.a.	15	85	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
3	5	95	5	95	n.a.	n.a.	60	40
4	0	100	3	97	10	90	85	15
5	40	60	5	95	15	85	75	25
6	45	55	0	100	0	100	75	25
7	65	35	0	100	5	95	70	30
8	100	0	0	100	0	100	75	25
9	100	0	0	100	0	100	95	5
Mean	51 ± 41	49	5 ± 7	95	5 ± 6	95	76 ± 11	24

OI%: percentage of osseous integration of the stem; CTI%: percentage of connective tissue ingrowth between stem and surrounding tissue; n.a.: not analyzable, extraosseous localization of the stem areas.