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From: Selected mechanical properties of human cancellous bone subjected to different treatments: short-term immersion in physiological saline and acetone treatment with subsequent immersion in physiological saline

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The flow chart of the main steps in our experiment. 1Human donors (n = 34) included 1 thoracic vertebral body (T12), 19 lumbar vertebral bodies (L1–5), 5 sacral bones (S1–5), and 9 femoral heads. 2Cylindrical samples (Ø6 × 12 mm, n = 86) were obtained using a tenon cutter and a stationary drilling machine, including 63 samples obtained from spinal vertebral bodies and 23 samples collected from femoral heads. 3Saline-immersed group: the samples from the left and middle sides of spinal vertebral bodies and femoral heads. 2Acetone and saline-treated group: the samples from the respective right side of spinal vertebral bodies and femoral heads

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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