Research Article
Tamoxifen Prevents Peritendinous Adhesions: A Preliminary Report
Table 2
The grading criteria of adhesions in histologic evaluation according to Tang et al. [
32].
| Points | Features of adhesions |
| | Quantity | 0 | No apparent adhesions | 1 | A number of scattered filaments | 2 | A large number of filaments | 3 | Countless filaments | | Quality | 0 | No apparent adhesions | 1 | Regular, elongated, fine, and filamentous | 2 | Irregular, mixed, shortened, and filamentous | 3 | Dense, filamentous | | Grading of adhesions | 0 | No adhesions | 1, 2 | Slight adhesions | 3, 4 | Moderate adhesions | 5, 6 | Severe adhesions |
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