Evaluation of Bacterial Cellulose Dressing versus Vaseline Gauze in Partial Thickness Burn Wounds and Skin Graft Donor Sites: A Two-Center Randomized Controlled Clinical Study

Table 6

Treatment efficacy of BC and VG dressings in partial-thickness burn wounds and donor sites.

Variable	BC group			VG group			value
	Superficial II° wound (n = 49)	Deep II° wound (n = 13)	Donor site (n = 40)	Superficial II° wound (n = 47)	Deep II° wound (n = 11)	Donor site (n = 47)	Superficial II° wound	Deep II° wound	Donor site
Healing time (day)	8.12 ± 2.15	15.77 ± 5.04	10.55 ± 4.40	9.30 ± 3.68	15.27 ± 5.27	11.19 ± 3.88	0.029	0.408	0.236
Healing rate (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	1.000	1.000	1.000
Dressing changing times	3.47 ± 1.29	4.69 ± 1.03	1.60 ± 0.96	3.55 ± 1.35	4.55 ± 1.37	1.47 ± 0.95	0.471	0.431	1.034
Pain score on day 3	1.86 ± 1.06	2.31 ± 1.25	1.98 ± 0.83	2.15 ± 1.00	2.00 ± 0.89	1.89 ± 0.76	0.225	0.706	0.766
Pain score by last treatment	0.37 ± 0.57	0.42 ± 0.51	0.18 ± 0.45	0.43 ± 0.68	0.40 ± 0.52	0.04 ± 0.29	0.886	0.039	0.030
Pain score declining	1.49 ± 0.98	1.92 ± 0.95	1.80 ± 0.91	1.72 ± 0.93	1.64 ± 0.67	1.85 ± 0.75	0.301	0.925	0.579
Wound condition score before treatment	8.33 ± 1.61	9.62 ± 1.80	7.83 ± 1.69	8.68 ± 1.59	8.09 ± 1.64	7.98 ± 1.47	0.336	0.022	0.731
Wound condition score after treatment	4.00 ± 0.00	4.00 ± 0.00	4.00 ± 0.00	4.00 ± 0.00	4.00 ± 0.00	4.00 ± 0.00	1.000	1.000	1.000
Wound condition score improvement	4.33 ± 1.61	5.62 ± 1.80	3.83 ± 1.69	4.64 ± 1.57	4.09 ± 1.64	3.98 ± 1.47	0.379	0.022	0.731
Improvement in erythema and swelling	1.92 ± 0.76	2.08 ± 0.86	0.80 ± 0.65	1.87 ± 0.77	1.73 ± 0.79	0.85 ± 0.69	0.838	0.227	0.756
Improvement in exudate	1.96 ± 0.82	2.31 ± 0.63	1.63 ± 0.63	2.15 ± 0.75	2.09 ± 0.70	1.70 ± 0.59	0.267	0.457	0.498
Improvement in hemorrhage	0.35 ± 0.56	0.62 ± 0.65	1.35 ± 0.83	0.53 ± 0.65	0.09 ± 0.30	1.40 ± 0.65	0.142	0.025	0.717
Improvement in subeschar purulence and exudation	0.10 ± 0.31	0.62 ± 0.87	0.05 ± 0.22	0.09 ± 0.28	0.18 ± 0.40	0.02 ± 0.15	0.783	0.150	0.475
Drug treatment	40 (81.63)	13 (100.0)	37 (92.50)	44 (93.62)	11 (100.0)	47 (100.0)	0.076	1.00	0.093
Adverse event, n (%)	1 (2.04)	0 (0.00)	4 (10.00)	1 (2.13)	0 (0.00)	10 (21.28)	1.000	1.000	0.154