Fig. 5

OFM improves healing of the tendon-bone interface. Representative micrographs of healing at the tendon-bone interface at 12 weeks post-operatively stained with haematoxylin and eosin and viewed under transmitted light (a, c, e) (left) and polarised light (b, d, f) (right). a, b Sham-operated shoulders. c, d Unaugmented control shoulders. e, f OFM augmented shoulders. Bone (B), tendon (T), tendon-bone interface (I). Scale bar represents 400 mm. N = 2