Table 1.

Characteristics, timing, and scoring of the IPR Wound Healing Scale

T/Phase	Score
	Parameter	Score 0	Score 1	Total score
Inflammatory T: 3–5 days	Bleeding, spontaneously or on palpation	Yes	No	/8
	Granulation tissue	Yes	No
	Haematoma	Yes	No
	Tissue colour	Redder or whiter than opposite side tissue	Like the opposite side tissue
	Incision margins	Incomplete flap closure/fibrin clot/partial necrosis/complete necrosis	Complete flap closure/fine fibrin line
	Suppuration	Yes	No
	Edema VAS (1–10)	VAS 6–10	VAS 1–5
	Pain VAS (1–10)	VAS 6–10	VAS 1–5
Proliferative T: 14 days	Re-epithelialisation	Partial	Complete	/5
	Tissue colour	Redder or whiter than opposite side tissue	Like the opposite side tissue
	Scar	Scar wider than 2 mm/contour irregularity	No scar/scar less wide than 2 mm/contour regularity
	Suppuration	Yes	No
	Pain VAS (1–10)	VAS 6–10	VAS 1–5
Remodeling T: 6 weeks	Scar	Scar wider than 2 mm/contour irregularity	No scar/scar less wide than 2 mm/contour regularity	/3
	Tissue colour	Redder or whiter than opposite side tissue	Like the opposite side tissue
	Pain VAS (1–10)	VAS 6–10	VAS 1–5
Total process				/16