Page 12 - Read Online

Tejiram et al. Plast Aesthet Res. 2025;12:9 https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2347-9264.2024.109 Page 7 of 16

Table 1. Graft loss grading scale
Grade Area lost Topical wound care required Surgery indicated
I Minimal - -
II < 50% +/- -
III < 50% + +/-
IV > 50% + +
Table depicting grading of graft loss based on the total percentage of area loss, whether topical wound care was required, or if reoperation was
necessary.

Figure 1. Consort perioperative antibiotics randomized clinical trial flow diagram.

of stay (LOS), with the average hospital LOS being 5.8 days (P = 0.26). Demographic information is
summarized in Table 2.

NGS analysis of buccal and wound bed bacterial composition
Sequencing of the 16S rRNA hypervariable V4 region generated over 13,000,000 sequences, allowing for
robust analysis of community composition as it related to antibiotics administration with the sample types