The Effects of Hyperacute Serum on the Elements of the Human Subchondral Bone Marrow Niche

Figure 1

Bone marrow tissue explantation model. During total hip replacement surgery, the femoral head was discarded (a) and replaced with an endoprosthesis. For experimental reasons, small bone pieces from the cut surface of the femoral head were isolated with a sharp chisel (b). μCT image shows the structure of the BMEs (c). (d) The experimental setup of the BMEs’ and MSC cell cultures.

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