Table 4 Comparison of the study groups in terms of the mean scores of redness, edema, wound discharge, and approximation of the wound edges, based on the REEDA scale, on days 4 and 10 post-intervention

Redness

Four days after intervention

0.7 ± 0.51

0.67 ± 0.57

0.77*

Ten days after intervention

0

0/5 ± 0/93

0.001*

Edema

Four days after intervention

0.82 ± 0.44

0.72 ± 0.71

0.29*

Ten days after intervention

0.05 ± 0.22

0.10 ± 0.30

0.39*

Ecchymosis

Four days after intervention

0

0.02 ± 0.15

0.31*

Ten days after intervention

0

0

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Discharge

Four days after intervention

1.32 ± 0.57

1.8 ± 0.51

< 0.001*

Ten days after intervention

0.30 ± 0.46

1.35 ± 1.14

< 0.001*

Approximation of the wound edges

Four days after intervention

0.97 ± 0.27

1.02 ± 0.35

0.64*

Ten days after intervention

0.35 ± 0.48

1.37 ± 0.74

< 0.001*