Table 2.

Subepithelial infiltrate in moist and wet wounds

Time After Wounding	Wet (Mean±SEM; n=8)	Moist (Mean±SEM; n=8)	p
Day 5
All	171±8.90	183.50±17.40	n.s.
Lymphocytes	16.40±4.30	17.10±2.80	n.s.
Fibroblasts	124.00±10.60	132.60±7.90	n.s.
Macrophages	12.60±2.70	12.26±4.80	n.s.
Neutrophils	2.40±0.40	6.20±1.30	0.0156
Others	15.60±2.40	16.90±2.90	n.s.
Day 7
All	127.00±2.90	149.00±5.60	0.0003
Lymphocytes	5.70±0.70	8.57±2.00	n.s.
Fibroblasts	107.60±2.60	119.30±3.00	0.0031
Macrophages	5.40±37.00	7.59±1.00	n.s.
Neutrophils	1.87±0.29	4.00±1.70	n.s.
Others	7.59±0.50	11.60±1.60	0.0343

Values represent number of cells/10⁻⁶ mm². (Adapted from Vogt et al.¹³)

n.s., not significant; SEM, standard error of the mean.