Bone Formation and Adaptive Morphology of the Anterior Tibial Muscle in 3-mm Daily Lengthening Using High-Fractional Automated Distraction and Osteosynthesis with the Ilizarov Apparatus Combined with Intramedullary Hydroxyapatite-Coated Wire

Table 1

Total volume of muscular fibers, microvessels, and endomysium in the anterior tibial muscle in the groups studied.

	End of distraction		90-day follow-up		Intact animals
Parameter	Group 1	Group 2	Group 1	Group 2
VVmf, mm^3/mm^3	0.775±0.011	0.841±0.035	0.834±0.007	0.844±0.004	0.849 ±0.012
VVmv, mm^3/mm^3	0.062±0.007	0.023±0.004	0.027±0.003	0.022±0.002	0.025 ±0.002
VVend, mm^3/mm^3	0.164±0.0101	0.136±0.004	0.14±0.006	0.133±0.002	0.154 ±0.031

Values in bold are values of parameters that differ significantly from the corresponding parameters of the intact dogs (p≤0.05).