Bone Regeneration Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Duration on Calvarial Defects in Irradiated Rats

Table 5

Histomorphometric analysis of nongrafted side (mean±SD). %NBA, percent new bone area (new bone area/total area; mm²); %CTA, percent connective tissue area (connective tissue area/total area; mm²); %BVN, percent blood vessel number (blood vessel number/total area; 1/mm²); significant differences compared the positive control and negative control group; † significant differences compared the negative control and HBO-1 group; ‡ significant differences compared the negative control and HBO-3 group.

	Positive control	Negative control	HBO-1	HBO-3
%NBA	33.12 ± 13.12	4.58 ± 3.80 †	13.01 ± 5.15 †	15.44 ± 13.75
%CTA	66.88 ± 13.12	95.42 ± 3.80 †	86.99 ± 5.15 †	84.56 ± 13.75
BVN ratio	9.23 ± 12.05	12.43 ± 9.43 †	40.14 ± 24.63 †	50.45 ± 83.78