Fig. 2

Comparison of the morphological bone recovery in LCP and LC-DCP fixed dog femurs by postoperative X-ray assays. a–h Representative images show the position of bilateral femurs (a and e; LCP on left, and LC-DCP on right), the callus formation of bilateral plates (b and f; LCP on left, and LC-DCP on right), bone formation around screw channel (c and g for LCP; d and h for LC-DCP) at 12 weeks (a–d) and 24 weeks (e–h) after surgery. i The descent value of DEXA at different time points (6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks) for the LCP and LC-DCP plates were summarized. n = 4 for each group; *P < 0.05, compared with the LCP group