Correlation analysis of dermal collagen and elastic fibre content between two directions of skin samples taken from chest area and its surgical implications

Method Current research comprised of histo-morphometrical study of 120 skin samples collected in horizontal and vertical orientations from anterior chest area and lateral chest areas of formalin embalmed human cadavers (n = 30). The quantitative fraction of dermal collagen and elastic fiber content was obtained by tissue-quant image analysis. Spearman correlation coefficient (r) was computed to determine the linear association between the variables (CH/CV/EH/EV). The results were interpreted according to the degree of association after taking into consideration the significant correlation (p < 0.01 or p < 0.05) with respect to coefficient (r) values.