Figure 3

Representative images of histological staining of the bone defects that received the biomaterials at week 1, 3 and 5. Decalcified sections were stained with Masson’s Trichrome. Increase of osteoid, mineralized bone tissue and osteocytes are visible over time (arrows on the magnification images) around the beads of Matrix-HA and Matrix-HA-Fuco, especially at week 5. M: Matrix.