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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2008 Apr;26(4):562–569. doi: 10.1002/jor.20499

Table 1.

Gross and Histological Evaluation of Tendon Adhesion and Healing

Gross Evaluation of Tendon Adhesion
 Histologic Degree of Tendon Adhesion
 Histologic Degree of Tendon Healing
Severe Moderate Mild Filmy None Severe Moderate Mild None Excellent Good Fair Poor
Untreated control 6 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 5
Seprafilm 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 3
Carbylan-SX gel 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 4 2 2 3 2 1
Carbylan-SX film 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 1 6 4 2 2 0