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Table 2 Comparisons of blood vessel counts per 1 mm2

From: Histological analysis of induced membranes in patients whose bone defects were treated with the Masquelet technique to identify factors affecting the vascularity of induced membranes

 

n

Mean

S.D.

(a) Sex

 Male

27

38.4

20.0

 Female

9

34.7

17.3

(b) Free flap

 Free flap (−)

27

41.0

18.8

 Free flap (+)

9

26.8

16.9

(c) Antibiotics within the cement

 Antibiotics (−)

4

41.8

21.1

 Antibiotics (+)

32

36.9

19.2

(d) Osteogenesis inside the membrane

 Osteogenesis (−)

32

34.4

16.9

 Osteogenesis (+)

4

61.8

20.7

(e) Smoking

 Smoking (−)

12

30.6

15.8

 Smoking (+)

24

40.9

20.0

(f) Diabetes mellitus

 DM (−)

30

35.8

19.8

 DM (+)

6

45.5

14.4

(g) Tibia vs. femur

 Tibia

21

35.2

21.1

 Femur

8

41.8

18.5

(h) Patients with cement placement twice

 First

5

31.0

19.8

 Second

5

24.6

7.5