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Table 4 Histopathological examination of muscle slides (Hematoxylin and Eosin stain)

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

Sample

Polymorphonuclear Cells

Lymphocytes

Plasma Cells

Macrophages

Giant Cells

Necrosis

Sub-Total (×2)

Neovascularization

Fibrosis

Fatty Infiltrate

Sub-Total

Total

1

Control

4w

1

1

0

4

1

0

14

2

3

1

6

20

2

Test 1

4w

0

1

1

0

1

0

6

2

2

1

5

11

3

Test 2

4w

1

0

0

1

1

1

8

1

2

3

6

14

4

Control

8w

1

1

0

4

1

4

22

2

4

1

7

29

5

Test 1

8w

0

1

0

2

0

0

6

1

1

2

4

10

6

Test 2 l

8w

1

0

0

1

1

1

8

1

3

3

7

15

7

Control

12w

0

1

0

1

0

1

6

3

1

3

7

13

8

Control

12w

0

1

0

2

1

0

8

2

2

4

8

16

9

Control

12w

0

3

0

3

1

1

16

2

3

2

7

23

10

Test 1

12w

1

1

0

1

1

0

8

2

2

2

6

14

11

Test 1

12w

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

2

3

6

8

12

Test 2

12w

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

3

3

13

Test 2

12w

0

0

0

1

2

2

10

0

2

1

3

13

14

Test 2

12w

0

0

0

2

0

0

4

1

3

1

5

9

  1. (Control: HP Mg, Test 1: Mg-1wt%Zn-0.1wt%Ca alloy, Test 2: PEO-treated Mg-1wt%Zn-0.1wt%Ca alloy)