Medians of the measurements for 5/0 and 7/0 gauge sutures , respectively , were 0.855 mm versus 0.387 mm granuloma outer diameter ( p = 0.0001 ) ; 0.464 mm versus 0.250 mm central cellular element diameter ( p = 0.0003 ) ; 0.194 mm ( 2 ) versus 0.053 mm ( 2 ) fibrous coat area ( p = 0.0009 ) and 0.8 versus 1.2 giant cell number ( p = 0.7511 ) .