Local Delivery of Growth Factors Using Coated Suture Material

Table 1

Analyses of the necrotic tissue reaction at the anastomoses in between the groups at day 1, 3, and 7 after surgery. Significant less necroses were seen at day 3 and 7 in the IGH-I-treated group.

Necroses	Day 1	Day 3	Day 7
Control group	1,0 ± 0,0^#	3,4 ± 0,7	3,0 ± 0,9^#
PDLLA group	1,4 ± 0,7	1,8 ± 0,7*	2,0 ± 1,3
IGF-I group	1,3 ± 0,7	2,0 ± 1,1*	2,0 ± 1,1

* 𝑃<0.05 in between the control and PDLLA group; control and IGF-I group at day 3;
^#𝑃<0.05 within the control group in between days 1 and 3; days 1 and 7.