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Table 3 Number of specimens per time period (length of stay between implantation and rerupture) and numbers for Ruffini endings and free nerve endings per square centimeter for each time period

From: Immunohistochemical analysis of sensory corpuscles in human transplants of the anterior cruciate ligament

  

6–12 months

25–60 months

61–120 months

> 120 months

STG

Number of specimens

4

4

4

–

Ruffini endings/cm2

7.03 ± 7.98

2.71 ± 3.56

4.88 ± 3.63

 

Free nerve endings/cm2

55.10 ± 35.36

32.78 ± 29.56

25.72 ± 10.15

 

PTG

Number of specimens

–

3

8

3

Ruffini endings/cm2

 

0.74 ± 1.27

1.89 ± 3.18

6.19 ± 10.72

Free nerve endings/cm2

 

20.38 ± 11.57

33.01 ± 33.93

64.40 ± 60.22

AG

Number of specimens

–

1

2

–

  1. STG semitendinosus autograft, PTG patellar tendon autograft, AG patellar tendon allograft