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7-day postoperative period. Image used for analyzing pixels.
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The postoperative evaluation was performed 7 days after the surgery, at the time of suture removal (Figure 1).
Analysis of images using the ImageJ  program for red pixels. (a) Image obtained after the appropriate adjustment of the red color scale; the software turns the area of interest to black and the other areas to white. (b) Segmentation of the total area of interest to obtain the total amount of red pixels. (c) Segmentation of the right area (test side) to obtain red pixels. (d) Segmentation of the left region (control side) to obtain red pixels in this area.
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The number of red pixels (Figure 2) and pink pixels was obtained after appropriate adjustment of the scale, where the software turns the areas that satisfy the chosen pattern to black and the other areas to white.