Table 1: Demographic parameters and wound epidemiology.

Patient characteristics  Age (years), range 37 to 78 years, mean (±SD) 53.9 (±10.4)  Men/Women 117/113 Etiology of wounds  Pressure sore 98  Venostasis ulcers 48  Arterial ulcers no diabetes 29  Diabetic foot 28  Radiation wounds 14   “Unstable” scars 5  Lymphoedema ulcers 3  Ulcerated skin cancer 3  Nonhealed old burns 2