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Table 3 Scar assessment results

From: Donor-site closure using absorbable dermal staple for deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps: its efficacy and cosmetic outcomes

 

Group I (suture)

Group II (absorbable stapler)

p

Vascularity (0–3)

0.86 ± 0.72

0.57 ± 0.52

0.268

Pigmentation (0–2)

1.76 ± 0.35

1.33 ± 0.54

0.026

Height (0–3)

0.88 ± 1.83

0.60 ± 0.35

0.16

Total (0–8)

3.51 ± 1.30

2.50 ± 0.92

0.044