A Comparison of Barbed Sutures and Standard Sutures with regard to Wound Cosmesis in Panniculectomy and Reduction Mammoplasty Patients

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">⁢</td><td class="align_center">Scar category</td><td class="align_center">Points</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Width</td><td class="align_center">&gt;2 mm</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">≤2 mm</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Height</td><td class="align_center">Elevated/depressed in relation to surrounding skin</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Flat</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Color</td><td class="align_center">Darker than surrounding skin</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Same color or lighter than surrounding skin</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Hatch marks/suture marks</td><td class="align_center">Present</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Absent</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Overall appearance</td><td class="align_center">Poor</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Good</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

SBSES, Stony Brook Scar Evaluation Scale [<a href="/journals/psi/2016/7590396/#B10">10</a>].

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Table 2: A Comparison of Barbed Sutures and Standard Sutures with regard to Wound Cosmesis in Panniculectomy and Reduction Mammoplasty Patients 