Table 1.

Patient demographics and wound characterisation at baseline

	LAD group	Conventional group
Number of patients	25	25
Age (Mean±SD) Age range (years)	32.3±9.50 12-45	34.5±13.0 17-43
Mean wound size (cm2)	19 (range=9-36)	18 (range=10-39)
Mechanism of injury (no.) Flames Scalds	23	22
	2	3
Female	9 (36.0 %)	10 (40.0 %)
Male	16 (64.0 %)	15 (60.0 %)

LAD: Limited access dressing; SD: Standard deviation