Fig. 9

Scaffold of the S&S device explanted 6 months post-surgery and cut in half: the 3D chamber of the scaffold formed by the bent rays of the device (*) is evidently filled by newly ingrown fleshy tissue resembling viable muscular structure (blue arrows). Notable features include the distal portion of the mast with the conic stop (green arrow) and the button-like enlargement on the opposite side (yellow arrows).