Table 1 System for scoring gross and histologic tissue reaction to suture
From: Evaluation of five different suture materials in the skin of the earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)
Gross scoring system | |
|---|---|
Score | Description |
0 | No deviation from incised but non-sutured site |
1 | Minimal edema, inflammation, and epidermal changes |
2 | Mild edema, inflammation, and epidermal changes |
3 | Moderate edema and inflammation, +/- scattered areas of necrosis |
4 | Moderately severe edema and inflammation, with many areas of necrosis |
5 | Severe edema, inflammation, and epidermal changes |
Histologic scoring system | |
Score | Description |
0 | No remarkable microscopic changes |
1 | Minimal changes, including inflammation and organization of wound reaction |
2 | Mild inflammation; well-organized wound reaction of blastemal cells |
3 | Moderate inflammation; more fulminant blastemal cell reaction |
4 | Moderately severe microscopic changes (as described above) |
5 | Severe microscopic changes (as described above) |