Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients in the ‘Collagen Group’ and ‘Conventional group’

Patient characteristics		Collagen Group (n=60)		Conventional Group (n=60)		P value
		No. of Cases	%	No. of Cases	%
Sex	Male	42	70	40	67	0.9*
	Female	18	30	20	33
Type of wound	Decubitus	12	20	9	15	0.67**
	Post-traumatic	5	8	4	7
	Venous	3	5	3	5
	Post-burn	16	27	20	33
	Postoperative	7	11	3	5
	Post- infection	13	22	16	27
	Miscellaneous	4	7	5	8
Age	01-20 yrs	15	25	9	15	0.35*
	20-40 yrs	31	52	37	62
	>40 yrs	14	23	14	23

^*-Mann-Whitney test

^**-Pearson Chi-Square test