In vitro laboratory infection research in orthopaedics: Why, when, and how

Figure 1 Image of a two-dimensional representation of Cutibacteriumacnes growth on titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) disk using Confocal laser microscopy (Leica model TCS SP5; Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH, Mannheim, Germany) following 72 h of anaerobic incubation. Live bacteria are represented in green and dead cells are in red.

Figure 2 Graphical illustration enables visual comparison between the intervention groups. Variant absorption among the included radial extracorporeal shock wave treatment study groups following spectrophotometric evaluation is depicted. rESWT: Radial extracorporeal shock wave treatment; XTT: 2-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide.