Table 4 POSAS score before and after operation
From: Application and effect of tension-reducing suture in surgical treatment of hypertrophic scar
Conventional method | Combination method | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preoperation | Postoperation | Difference | Preoperation | Postoperation | Difference | p value | |
PSAS | |||||||
Color | 5.1 ± 3.1 | 3.7 ± 1.7 | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 5.4 ± 2.6 | 3.0 ± 1.4 | 2.4 ± 1.8 | 0.006∗ |
Stiffness | 4.9 ± 2.3 | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 3.0 ± 1.3 | 4.7 ± 2.6 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 3.3 ± 1.3 | 0.303 |
Thickness | 5.0 ± 2.9 | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 3.1 ± 1.8 | 4.6 ± 2.8 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 1.7 | > 0.99 |
Irregularity | 2.9 ± 2.3 | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 3.1 ± 2.2 | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | < 0.001∗ |
Pain | 3.8 ± 2.3 | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 2.2 ± 1.2 | 3.6 ± 2.0 | 1.7 ± 0.6 | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 0.242 |
Itch | 3.7 ± 2.0 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 2.2 ± 1.1 | 3.9 ± 2.2 | 1.7 ± 0.7 | 2.2 ± 1.2 | > 0.99 |
Overall opinion | 5.5 ± 2.3 | 2.8 ± 0.9 | 2.7 ± 0.9 | 5.8 ± 2.0 | 2.1 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 1.1 | < 0.001∗ |
OSAS | |||||||
Vascularity | 7.1 ± 2.0 | 3.9 ± 1.7 | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 7.4 ± 2.1 | 2.9 ± 1.3 | 4.2 ± 1.5 | 0.002∗ |
Thickness | 5.1 ± 2.4 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 3.6 ± 1.3 | 4.9 ± 2.2 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 3.6 ± 1.2 | > 0.99 |
Pigmentation | 4.7 ± 2.7 | 4.2 ± 1.9 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 5.2 ± 2.9 | 3.9 ± 1.8 | 1.3 ± 0.8 | < 0.001∗ |
Pliability | 5.4 ± 2.9 | 2.2 ± 1.8 | 2.8 ± 1.2 | 5.1 ± 2.7 | 1.5 ± 1.0 | 3.6 ± 1.5 | 0.011∗ |
Relief | 2.3 ± 2.0 | 1.1 ± 1.2 | 1.2 ± 1.1 | 2.6 ± 1.8 | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 1.6 ± 1.1 | 0.106 |
Overall opinion | 5.8 ± 2.4 | 2.2 ± 1.3 | 3.6 ± 1.9 | 6.2 ± 2.1 | 1.7 ± 0.9 | 4.5 ± 1.9 | 0.036∗ |