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Figure 14. Animal 3 (hematoxylin and eosin). Composite porous titanium skin and bone integrated pylon with fins (SBIP-3). Tibia longitudinal section. Detail in green box 1 from Figure 13 (distal fin). There is extensive woven bone apposition (arrows) along exposed fin tips (Pg) binding fin to implant (P) and callus. Pitkin M, Cassidy C, Muppavarapu R, Raymond J, Shevtsov M, Galibin O, Rousselle SD. New method of fixation of in-bone implanted prosthesis. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2013;50(5):709–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.11.0202