Prospective randomised controlled trial of Algisite™ M, Cuticerin™, and Sorbact® as donor site dressings in paediatric split-thickness skin grafts

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of Algisite™ M, Cuticerin™, Sorbact®, including time to ≥ 95% re-epithelialisation. Inter-arm differences included as co-variates in subsequent analyses (as per protocol)

Demographic characteristics of study arms
	Algisite™ M (n = 33) median (IQR)	Cuticerin™ (n = 32) median (IQR)	Sorbact® (n = 36) median (IQR)	P value
Age (years)	5.12 (1.62–8.11)	5.14 (2.18–9.17)	3.70 (1.60–9.49)	0.97
% Males	42.6	60.9	47.9	0.18
Donor site area (cm²)	37.5 (16.0–57.8)	30.6 (11.9–71.0)	23.3 (9.6–43.4)	0.034
Median STSG thickness in micrometre (central biopsy)	212.8 (155.5–303.5)	146.9 (115.6–208.0)	171.2 (148.6–234.4)	0.015
Days to re-epithelialisation	7 (7–9)	7 (7–9)	10 (7–11)	0.025

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