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Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2010 Sep 8;171(2):540–550. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.06.036

Table 1.

Intestinal anastomosis wound healing grading system

Score	Inflammation	Mucosal Epithelium	Submucosal Healing
4	Absent	Normal epithelium	Good
3	Slight	Mucosa mostly covered by epithelium	Moderate bridge
2	Moderate	Mucosa partially covered by epithelium	Weak bridge
1	Severe	Mucosa damaged completely, epithelium absent	Absent