Figures & data
Figure 1 Four weeks postoperatively, the defect was filled with reticular trabeculae, and Haversian system remodeling tended to be stable in CAF group (× 100).
Figure 2 Six weeks postoperatively, newly regenerated bone was still immature, and the Haversian system remodeling was still unstable in CM group (× 200).
Figure 3 VEGF was positively stained as early as a week post operation in CAF group, in the nuclear of fibroblasts of intramembranous ossification (× 400).
Figure 4 TGF-β was observed as positively stained in the 4-week group, in the endotheliocyte of Haversian canal and in the plasm of cells inside canal in the new bone of CAF group defect (× 200).
Table 1. Total quantities of antibodies TGF-β and VEGF summed from each time point in CAF group and CM group (*P < 0.05)