The gross grading scale indicated that the mean scores of the tissue-engineered osteochondral composite group were significantly higher than those of the tissue-engineered cartilage group.
Interobserver variation in gross morphologic grading was verified by measuring agreement with the κ statistic.
The patellas and the femoral condyles were dissected free and gross morphological grading was performed.
In While We're Young, though, we have Ben Stiller wearing a stupid hat, Naomi Watts embarrassing herself in a hip-hop dance class and some gross-out-grade farce ("We've got some vomiting in this," proffers Baumbach dutifully by way of evidence, referring to a scene in which the two couples attend an ayahuasca ceremony).
The comparative data was not equal between those of gross total resection (grades I and II) (36 cases) and those of subtotal resection (grades III and IV) (6 cases) that we were not able to measure the difference.
For all subjects studied, the mean Thompson score for gross disc morphology was grade III [ 14].
The regenerated tissues were evaluated with the Wayne's gross and histological grading scales and real time PCR analysis of the cartilage marker genes at 4 weeks.
A further system by Honkoop describes two grades – gross residual or minimal residual disease, the latter including no residual invasive cancer or scattered foci of cancer (Honkoop et al, 1998).
Moreover, those CCA samples, which had paraffin-embedded sections were also used for immunohistochemistry. Clinicopathological data of CCA patients, including age at initial diagnosis, gender, gross types, histological grades and the overall survival time (excluding patients who died within 4 weeks after surgery) were also collected.
The morphology of the cartilage specimens was graded for gross degenerative changes according to the ICRS classification, and tissues that represent normal (grade 0 or 1) and early (grade 2) OA were used for experiments.
