Clinical Trial and In Vitro Study for the Role of Cartilage and Synovia in Acute Articular Infection

Figure 3

(a) shows that synovial bFGF levels were diminished in patients with an endoprosthetic implant (no cartilage) compared to those with normal joints (with cartilage). This difference reached statistical significance. (b) demonstrates the in vitro model’s corresponding data; here, time-dependent regulation patterns revealed increasing bFGF concentrations in all groups over time. bFGF levels were higher in the group with CHDR on day 3, but lower on days 7 and 10.

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