Research Article

Stem Cells Grown in Osteogenic Medium on PLGA, PLGA/HA, and Titanium Scaffolds for Surgical Applications

Table 2

Compression and tensile properties of PLGA and PLGA/HA scaffolds.

Compression testTensile test
Scaffold typeEc1 (Mpa)Ec2 (Mpa)Ec3 (Mpa)Et (Mpa)Ts (Mpa)UTS (Mpa)

PLGA1.66 ± 0.760.88 ± 0.173.07 ± 0.282.88 ± 1.440.13±0.030.15 ± 0.03
PLGA/HA4.76 ± 2.321.07 ± 0.1615.68 ± 4.410.17 ± 0.040.35 ± 0.12