Combination of Acellular Nerve Graft and Schwann Cells-Like Cells for Rat Sciatic Nerve Regeneration

Table 2

Comparison of the recovery rate of wet weight of gastrocnemius muscle, regenerated myelinated nerve fibers number, nerve fiber diameter, and the thickness of the myelin sheath in 3 groups (𝑥±𝑠, 𝑛=15).

	Wet weight of gastrocnemius (%)		Nerve fibers number (%)		Nerve fiber diameter (%)		Thickness of the myelin sheath (%)
	6 w	12 w	6 w	12 w	6 w	12 w	6 w	12 w
Group A	36.25±4.22^∗	62.31±3.96^∗	38.45±6.28^∗	67.89±11.87^∗	40.11±4.32^∗	76.37±9.38^∗	41.33±4.58^∗	77.62±7.98^∗
Group B	47.43±6.43^#	79.03±5.66^#	44.29±7.52^#	77.06±11.54^#	45.58±4.87^#	83.23±6.32^#	46.41±4.35^#	83.96±8.31^#
Group C	49.66±6.48	80.43±5.78	47.75±5.98	81.25±6.65	48.43±5.76	87.87±5.43	48.71±6.65	87.56±7.76

∗Compared with groups B and C, 𝑃<0.05; #compared with group C, 𝑃>0.05.