Fig. 3

a Representative histologic sections of the fracture sites stained with HE and safranin-O/fast green of the three groups. b Comparison of the degree of fracture healing using a 5-point scale among the three groups (n = 5/group). *; p < 0.05 for F- or C-SVF vs. control; NS, not significant. F-SVF, freshly isolated stromal vascular fraction; C-SVF, cryopreserved stromal vascular fraction