[Retracted] Gastrocnemius Muscle Injury Is the Condition to Induce Cartilage Degeneration of the Rabbit Tibiofemoral Joint: A New Perspective

Figure 5

(a) Safranin O fast green staining. The black arrow points to the uneven surface of the cartilage, the white arrow points to the site of cell reduction, the blue hollow arrow points to the faded region, and “▲” marks the position of the tide line. (b) Mankin scores reveal degeneration of cartilage in the injured group. (c) Masson stain: the area where the white hollow arrow points to shows tidal intrusion into the cartilage layer, and the black arrow points to the site of collagen damage in the upper cartilage. (d) Semiquantitative analysis of the CVF (%).

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