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Prevention of Postsurgical Abdominal Adhesion Using Electrospun TPU Nanofibers in Rat Model
Table 1
The histological scoring system consists of two categories: capsule and surrounding tissue [
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| Parameter | Score | | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Capsule localization | | Capsule on two sides present | Capsule on one (lower) side present | Capsule on one (upper/dermis) side present | No capsule present | Capsule formation | | Dense | Loose fibroadipose or loose adipose | Loose fibroelastic | No capsule present | Capsule cellular features | Fibroblast thickness | More than 30 layers | 10–30 layers | 0–10 layers | 0 layer | Fibroblast contacting surface | | | No | Yes | Acute/chronic inflammatory process | | | Chronic | Acute | The severity of the inflammatory process | Severe | Moderate | Mild | None | Inflammatory cell location | Inflammatory cells location | End and middle | Middle | End | None | Macrophages contacting surface | | | No | Yes | Giant cell contacting surface | | | No | Yes | Polymorphonuclear leucocyte contacting surface | | | No | Yes | Plasma cell contacting surface | | | No | Yes | Blood vessels present | | | No | Yes | Capsule surrounding tissues | Acute/chronic inflammatory process | | | Chronic | Acute | Severity of inflammatory process | Severe | Moderate | Mild | None | Macrophages | | | No | Yes | Giant cells | | | No | Yes | Polymorphonuclear leucocytes | | | No | Yes | Plasma cells | | | No | Yes | Blood vessels present | | | No | Yes |
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