Table 1 Criteria for assessing wound closure and wound inflammation. Modified from Moser et al. [49] and Wagner [72]
Score | Wound closure | Wound inflammation |
|---|---|---|
1 | Severed tissue is rejoined and completely healed | No inflammation or discoloring internal or external to the wound |
2 | Tissue is apposed but remains severed | Slight gray or pink tissue internal or external to the wound is present. Organs completely internal |
3 | Portions of the wound are apposed. This may include apposition around a protruding tag | Some tissue internal and external to incision is inflamed or discolored (gray or red). May also be characterized by intestines partially protruding through incision site |
4 | No severed tissue is apposed | All tissue internal and external to wound is inflamed or discolored (gray or red). May also be characterized by intestines completely protruding and external from body cavity through incision site |