Full-Thickness Skin Graft according to Surrounding Relaxed Skin Tension Line Improves Scar Quality in Facial Defect Coverage: A Retrospective Comparative Study

Table 4

Vancouver scar scale comparison according to RSTL.

	RSTL matched (SD)	RSTL unmatched (SD)	Total (SD)	Mann–Whitney	value
Pigmentation	0.42 (0.35)	0.85 (0.4)	0.67 (0.43)	85.5	0.023
Vascularity	0.38 (0.46)	0.97 (0.35)	0.71 (0.49)	91	0.007
Pliability	0.51 (0.32)	1.3 (0.43)	0.96 (0.55)	101	≤0.001
Height	0.47 (0.49)	0.87 (0.39)	0.7 (0.47)	81.5	0.049
Total	1.78 (1.12)	3.98 (0.99)	3.04 (1.52)	101	≤0.001