Table 4

second look	group	inflammation	macrophages	fibrosis	foreign body reaction	fibrin
second look	group	inflammation	macrophages	fibrosis	foreign body reaction	fibrin
2 days	control	moderate (1.67)	moderate (1.67)	narrow band (0.83)	none (0.00)	little (0.67)
2 days	SupraSeal^®	mild (1.33)	moderate (1.83)	narrow band (0.67)	none (0.00)	little (1.33)
4 days	control	moderate (1.50)	mild (0.75)	narrow band (1.00)	none (0.00)	little (0.50)
4 days	SupraSeal^®	mild (1.25)	moderate (1.75)	narrow band (1.00)	mild (0.75)	none (0.00)
8 days	control	moderate (2.14)	mild (0.67)	narrow band (1.29)	none (0.29)	none (0.00)
8 days	SupraSeal^®	moderate (1.86)	mild (1.17)	narrow band (1.43)	none (0.43)	none (0.00)

Table 4: Summary of the tissue response after two, four and eight days postoperatively. The average value is given in brackets.