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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the experimental specimens

From: Biomechanical effects of osteoplasty with or without Kirschner wire augmentation on long bone diaphyses undergoing bending stress: implications for percutaneous imaging-guided consolidation in cancer patients

Group

Number of inferior specimens

Number of superior specimens

Number of right specimens

Number of left specimens

Median specimen length (cm, 25th–75th percentile)

Median specimen density (HU, 25th–75th percentile)

1

8

2

6

4

18.375 (17.9–19.25)

1621 (1571–1652)

2

4

6

6

4

18.375 (17.6–19.25)

1600 (1550–1613)

3

5

5

3

7

18.325 (18–19.25)

1606.5 (1550–1632)

  1. HU Hounsfield units