Quality of Scar after Total Thyroidectomy: A Single Blinded Randomized Trial Comparing Octyl-Cyanoacrylate and Subcuticular Absorbable Suture

Table 2

Distribution of mean score (±st. dev.) for the items of OSAS, stratified for type of closure.

Type of closure		Vascular score	Pigmentation score	Thickness score	Relief score	Pliability score	Surface score	Total score	Overall opinion score
Octyl-cyanoacrylate	Mean	2.53	2.65	2.06	2.24	2,18	1.65	13.29	2.71
	St. dev.	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.80	1,0	0.6	4.4	1.1
Subcuticular suture	Mean	1.72	1.72	1.72	1.61	1,78	1.61	10.17	2.06
	St. dev.	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	1,0	0.8	3.8	0.9

Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test for independent samples.
Vascular, pigmentation, and relief score 𝑝<0.03; total score 𝑝=0.038; all the other scores: not significant. OSAS: Observer Scar Assessment Scale.