Statistical analysis
Data were analysed using SPSS version 26 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York). Univariate differences between groups were assessed using A Mann-Whitney test. This test method was selected because the data was not normally distributed. Median and standard deviations were used to describe the data. The Mann-Whitney test was used for comparing the values for VSS, POSAS and scar width between the groups. A P value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.