Table 1.

Histological scoring system for wound repair¹³

	Score
Parameter	0	1	2	3
Acute and chronic inflammation	None	Scant	Moderate	Abundant
Amount of granulation tissue	None	Scant	Moderate	Abundant
Granulation tissue maturation	Immature	Mild maturation	Moderate maturation	Fully matured
Collagen deposition	None	Scant	Moderate	Abundant
Re-epithelialization	None	Partial	Complete but immature or thin	Complete and mature
Neovascularization	None	Up to five vessels per HPF	6–10 vessels per HPF	More than 10 vessels per HPF

HPF, high-power field; PHMB, polyhexamethylene biguanide.