Radiographic and histologic appearance of remnant cartilage grafts at 8 weeks. Radiographic and histologic appearance of remnant cartilage grafts at 8 weeks. Micro–computed tomography (a), safranin-O staining (b, d), and Masson trichrome staining (c, e) of fusion masses show spherical areas of unmineralized cartilaginous tissue. ALAN B.C. DANG et al. Int J Spine Surg 2018;12:735-742 ©International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Copyright © 2018 ISASS - This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery