Evaluation of amyotrophy.

<p>(A and B) Masson’s collagen staining of sections of the transverse gastrocnemius muscle at 8 and 12 weeks after surgery. Scale bar = 50 µm (C) Quantitative analysis of the percentages of muscle fibers in each group. (D) Wet weight analysis of the gastrocnemius muscle at 4, 8 and 12 weeks after surgery. (E) Statistical analysis of the wet weight ratio of the gastrocnemius muscle. n = 5, *p<0.05, **p<0.01.