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Table 4 Number of specimens per time period between rerupture and revision surgery 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

  

< 100 days

> 100 days

STG

Number of specimens

6

4

Ruffini endings/cm2

6.43 ± 6.41

2.50 ± 2.15

Free nerve endings/cm2

42.38 ± 34.14

41.09 ± 23.77

PTG

Number of specimens

6

8

Ruffini endings/cm2

4.92 ± 7.62

0.80 ± 1.13

Free nerve endings/cm2

64.89 ± 44.64a

16.13 ± 9.79b

AG

Number of specimens

2

1

  1. Letters a and b show statistically significant differences (p = 0.039)