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Postoperative morbidities reported by study cohort to hospital clinicians
| Morbidity | Patients | |
|---|---|---|
| (n) | (%) | |
| Wound problems: | 15 | 6.6 |
| Infections | 4 | |
| Extruded or retained sutures | 5 | |
| Wound breakdown | 2 | |
| Haematoma | 2 | |
| Nerve damage | 2 | |
| Scarring | 25 | 10.9 |
| Hypertrophic scar | 13 | |
| Stretched scar | 6 | |
| Dog ear | 6 | |
| Psychological stress | 23 | 10.0 |
| Due to new lesion | 18 | |
| Due to initial diagnosis | 4 | |
| Due to scar | 1 | |
| Cosmesis | 1 | 0.4 |
