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Table 2 Gross appearance scaling system

From: Osteochondral regeneration with a novel aragonite-hyaluronate biphasic scaffold: up to 12-month follow-up study in a goat model

Fortier gross appearance scaling system

6 months*

12 months**

Min = 0, max = 15

Ar-HA-implanted group

9.71 ± 3.01 (n = 14)

13.71 ± 0.88 (n = 7)

Control group

2.66 ± 3.59 (n = 6)

5.33 ± 3.29 (n = 3)

  1. *Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test, w-statistic 29, p < 0.004
  2. **Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test, w-statistic 6, p < 0.002