Table 3.

FCD values measured using OPS for skin graft donor sites and FTCW and other analyses*

	FCD for FTCW	FCD for donor site	Macroscopic appearance of wounds	Incidence of infection	Microscopic inflammation (H&E)	Microscopic collagen tissue (Trichrome)
Fine mesh gauze	20·7 ± 6·6	29·6 ± 4	6 (1·2)	0	+ + +	++
MPH	28·5 ± 3·2	27 ± 3·6	8·1 (0·8)	0	++	+ + +
Clinoptilolite	26·2 ± 1·8	24·9 ± 3·7	8·9 (1·8)	0	+	+ + +
Alginate	20·8 ± 6·6	23·8 ± 8·2	8·3 (0·7)	0	+	+
Hydrogel	23·5 ± 5·4	30·8 ± 3·2	7·3 (1·3)	0	+	++
Biobrane®	19 ± 2·9	23·1 ± 3·6	5·2 (1·4)	2/8	+ + +	+ + +
	P = 0·041	P = 0·011	P = 0·098

FCD, functional capillary density; FTCW, full‐thickness cutaneous wounds; H&E, haematoxylin‐eosin; MPH, microporous polysaccharide hemosphere; OPS, orthogonal polarisation spectral.

^*Statistical significance was obtained for three measures, and are expressed in bold.