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Table 3 Histopathological examination of un-decalcified bone slide (Villanueva Osteochrome bone stain)

From: Biocompatibility evaluation of peo-treated magnesium alloy implants placed in rabbit femur condyle notches and paravertebral muscles

Sample

Polymorphonuclear cell

Lymphocytes

Plasma Cells

Macrophages

Giant Cells

Necrosis

Sub-Total (×2)

Neovascularization

Fibrosis

Fatty Infiltrate

Sub-Total

Total

1

Control

4w

0

2

–

2

1

0

10

1

1

0

2

12

2

Test 1

4w

0

1

–

1

1

0

6

0

1

0

1

7

3

Test 2

4w

1

2

–

1

1

0

10

2

1

0

3

13

4

Control

8w

1

2

–

1

2

0

12

1

2

0

3

15

5

Test 1

8w

1

1

–

1

1

0

8

2

2

0

4

12

6

Test 2

8w

1

1

–

2

1

0

10

2

2

0

4

14

7

Control

12w

1

1

–

2

1

0

8

2

1

0

3

11

8

Control

12w

1

0

–

1

1

0

5

1

2

0

3

8

9

Test 1

12w

0

0

–

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

Test 1

12w

0

0

–

1

1

0

4

2

1

0

3

7

11

Test 2

12w

0

0

–

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

Test 2

12w

0

0

–

1

0

0

2

1

2

0

3

4

  1. (−) Unable to check due to a problem with the thickness of the produced tissue sample. (Control: HP Mg, Test 1: Mg-1wt%Zn-0.1wt%Ca alloy, Test 2: PEO-treated Mg-1wt%Zn-0.1wt%Ca alloy)