Table 1 Repair tissue gross morphology scoring parameters. Parameters used to score goat repair tissue morphology. The total score was multiplied by the total percentage of defect fill to give the normalized grade score for each goat lesion
Characteristic | Grading | Score |
|---|---|---|
Test article or repair tissue presence in defect | Present | 2 |
Partial | 1 | |
None visible | 0 | |
Edge integration (new tissue relative to native cartilage) | Present | 2 |
Partial | 1 | |
None visible | 0 | |
Smoothness of the cartilage surface | Present | 2 |
Partial | 1 | |
None visible | 0 | |
Cartilage surface, degree of filling | Present | 2 |
Partial | 1 | |
None visible | 0 | |
Color of cartilage, opacity, or translucency of the neocartilage | Present | 2 |
Partial | 1 | |
None visible | 0 |