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