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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
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