Research Article

Effect of Multilaminate Small Intestinal Submucosa as a Barrier Membrane on Bone Formation in a Rabbit Mandible Defect Model

Table 1

Micro-CT quantitative analysis of trabecular characteristics of different groups at 4 and 12 weeks after surgery (mean ± standard deviation).

BC groupBO groupBS groupBG group

Tb.Th4w0.069 ± 0.0170.123 ± 0.0240.151 ± 0.0150.137 ± 0.017
12w0.142 ± 0.0370.226 ± 0.0180.292 ± 0.0450.288 ± 0.019
Tb.N4w0.515 ± 0.0730.732 ± 0.0690.925 ± 0.0890.909 ± 0.078
12w1.188 ± 0.2131.545 ± 0.0561.886 ± 0.0891.850 ± 0.097
Tb.Sp4w1.074 ± 0.1700.818 ± 0.0840.567 ± 0.0610.584 ± 0.028
12w0.758 ± 0.1150.389 ± 0.0400.215 ± 0.0550.234 ± 0.049

Tb.Th and Th.Sp: units of mm; Tb.N: unit of mm−1.
Compared with the BC group, P < 0.05.
Compared with the BO group, P < 0.05.