Surgical Repair of Acetabular Fracture Using Unidirectional Porous β-Tricalcium Phosphate

Figure 5

Pre- and postoperative coronal computed tomography scans. (a) There are extensive bone defects on the acetabular loading surface. (b) Immediately after surgery. (c) Three months after surgery: the scan shows that Affinos® transplanted into the bone defect area has not been absorbed (arrow). (d) Eighteen months after surgery: absorption and bone fusion around the artificial bone were observed (triangle).

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