Evaluation of Human Amniotic Membrane as a Wound Dressing for Split-Thickness Skin-Graft Donor Sites

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                    Wound dressing material</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Mean value ± standard error of the mean  </td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center" colspan="2">(number of vessels per high-power field)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">The 7th postoperative day</td><td align="center">The 10th postoperative day</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Human amniotic membrane</td><td align="center">0.90 ± 0.18</td><td align="center">1.05 ± 0.14</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Polyurethane foil</td><td align="center">1.80 ± 0.16</td><td align="center">4.70 ± 0.47</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Number of vessels in porcine split-thickness skin-graft donor sites covered with either human amniotic membrane or polyurethane foil on postoperative days 7 and 10 (evaluated by immunohistochemical staining with von Willebrand factor antibody).

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Table 2: Evaluation of Human Amniotic Membrane as a Wound Dressing for Split-Thickness Skin-Graft Donor Sites 