Table 1. EHS description.

Parameter	Description	Points
CSR	Merged incision margins	6
	Incision margins in contact	3
	Visible distance between incision margins	0
CSH	Absence of fibrin on the incision margins	2
	Presence of fibrin on the incision margins	1
	Bleeding at the incision margins	0
CSI	Absence of redness along the incision length	2
	Redness involving <50% of the incision length	1
	Redness involving >50% of the incision length and/or pronounced swelling	0
Maximum total score: 10

EHS: Early Wound Healing Score, CSR: clinical signs of re-epithelialization, CSH: clinical signs of haemostasis, CSI: clinical signs of inflammation.