Figure 7From: Which is the best method of sterilization of tumour bone for reimplantation? a biomechanical and histopathological study shows the calculated material properties Stress to failure. Material properties (mean, +/- standard error) of the bone samples, stress to failure for the four different treatment groups and the control group. Post-hoc Tukey tests found that autoclaving and boiling; to a less extent gamma irradiation significantly reduced the material properties (p < 0.05).Back to article page