Newly Developed Polyglycolic Acid Reinforcement Unified with Sodium Alginate to Prevent Adhesion

Table 4

Summary of the scores by histological findings at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after surgery.

Experimental group	Category	2 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks
Na-alg	Residual alginate	+	+	±
	Macrophages ingesting alginate	++	++	+
	Fibroblasts	−	±	+
	Collagen fibers	−	±	+
Ca-alg	Residual alginate	+++	++	+
	Macrophages ingesting alginate	++	+	±
	Fibroblasts	+	++	+++
	Collagen fibers	++	+++	+++