Enhanced Critical Size Defect Repair in Rabbit Mandible by Electrospun Gelatin/β-TCP Composite Nanofibrous Membranes

Figure 4

Representative Masson staining micrographs of bone at site of defect after 4 weeks ((a)–(c)) and 12 weeks ((d)–(f)) of implantation: untreated group ((a), (d)), gelatin group ((b), (e)), and gelatin/β-TCP group ((c), (f)). Black arrows denote the boundary between nascent bone and host bone. M, material; HB, host bone; NB, nascent bone; MC, medullary cavity; FV, fat vacuoles; and FT, fibrous tissue. Scale bar: 100 μm.

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