Table 1 The numerical scoring scheme used for the histologic evaluation of fracture healing according to Huo et al.[35].
Score | Associated Finding at Fracture Site |
|---|---|
1 | Fibrous tissue |
2 | Predominantly fibrous tissue with small amount of cartilage |
3 | Equal mixture of fibrous tissue and cartilaginous tissue |
4 | Predominantly cartilage with small amount of fibrous tissue |
5 | Cartilage |
6 | Predominantly cartilage with small amount of immature bone |
7 | Equal mixture of cartilage and immature bone |
8 | Predominantly immature bone with small amount of cartilage |
9 | Union of fracture by immature bone |
10 | Union of fracture fragments by mature bone |