The Effect of Beta-Aminopropionitrile and Prednisolone on the Prevention of Fibrosis in Alkali Esophageal Burns: An Experimental Study

Table 1

Mean histopathological tissue damage score and stenosis index values.

	Mean ± SD	Min–max	Median	P
SI score
Group I (control)	1.09 ± 0.26*	0.7–1.6	1.1	0.000
Group II (BAPN)	0.79 ± 0.19*	0.6–1.1	0.7
Group III; (prednisolone)	1.03 ± 0.38*	0.6–1.6	1.0
Group IV (Sham)	0.44 ± 0.06	0.4–0.6	0.4
HDS score
Group I (control)	4.43 ± 1.13^*#	2.0–5.0	5.0	0.000
Group II (BAPN)	1.93 ± 1.02*	0.5–3.5	1.5
Group III; (prednisolone)	3.93 ± 1.02^*#	3.0–5.0	3.5
Group IV (Sham)	0.00 ± 0.00	0.0–0.0	0.0

ANOVA (Tamhane's T2 ).
* P < 0.05 difference with group IV.
^#P < 0.05 difference with group II.