Delayed Endothelial Progenitor Cell Therapy Promotes Bone Defect Repair in a Clinically Relevant Rat Model

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Treatment with EPCs increases bone formation and improves bone morphometric parameters. Global comparison between EPCs and Gelfoam-only controls revealed increased bone volume fraction, increased trabecular number, and decreased trabecular separation when treated with EPCs. Trabecular thickness was unchanged between groups. denotes significant difference between groups ().