Table 2.

Wounds evaluated three and seven days after surgery, per group

		Scabs		Exudate		Hemathoma		Dermatitis		Humidity
Group	Signs present	Day 3	Day 7	Day 3	Day 7	Day 3	Day 7	Day 3	Day 7	Day 3	Day 7
Treatment	Yes	4	9	4	0	4	2	2	0	3	1
	No	13	8	13	17	13	15	15	17	14	16
Control	Yes	6	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
	No	11	6	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	15

The same person evaluated the wounds three and seven days after surgery and scored five variables as being present or not. There were no significant differences of these variables between groups or within groups, between evaluations at 3 and 7 days (p < 0.05). n = 17 per group.