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| Chitosan | Chitosan + Simvastatin | ||
4 weeks | 8 weeks | 4 weeks | 8 weeks | ||
Histomorphometric measurements M ± SD | % new bone/total defect area | 20.87 ± 13.86 | 32.96 ± 31.61 | 10.08 ± 9.87 | 33.02 ± 33.56 |
% membrane/defect area | 24.79 ± 10.72 | 18.69 ± 13.37 | 25.07 ± 22.86 | 14.90 ± 17.07 | |
Micro-CT analysis M ± SD | % new bone volume/defect volume | 9. 40 ± 6.21 | 28.89 ± 26.90 | 10.63 ± 9.98 | 12.83 ± 4.80 |
density (g/ml) | 1.61 ± 0.05 | 1.69 ± 0.14 | 1.62 ± 0.04 | 1.66 ± 0.02 | |
new bone surface area/new bone volume (mm−1) | 23.19 ± 5.40 | 20.58 ± 15.65 | 26.88 ± 9.21 | 19.37 ± 3.60 |