Functional evaluation was carried out at the six-month and first-year follow-up visit using Solgaard's modification of the scoring system described by Gartland and Werley.
Functional evaluation (using Solgaard's modification of the scoring system described by Gartland and Werley) estimated 26 patients with excellent results, good results in 25 patients, fair results in three patients, and no patient had a poor end result at the first-year follow-up visit (Table IV).
The combined impacts of each case were scored using a modification of the scoring tool used by the Australian Excellence in Innovation (EII) trial [ 22] and the UK's Research Excellence Framework trials [ 27, 28].
With this modification of the scoring method, the total erosion score of one wrist ranges from 0 to 75.
Necroimflamatory grading and fibrosis scoring were based on a modification of the scoring system proposed by Brunt et al [ 3]. - Negative serological markers for viral infection such as HBsAg, anti-HCV or anti-HIV, and immunological disorders such as antinuclear anti-bodies, anti-smooth muscle antibodies, and anti-liver/kidney microsomes type 1 antibody.
In detail, this method of scoring is similar to that used by Staples and coworkers [ 12] and Lee and coworkers [ 13] represents a slight modification of the scoring system used by Wells and coworkers [ 8, 15, 30].
This score is a modification of the fibrosis scoring system of Knodell's method and introduces one additional degree of fibrosis.
GEP70 risk scores are calculated using the method originally described by Shaughnessy et al. [ 6], with the additional modification of scaling the score to a range of 0 to 100 to assist in interpretation.
We also used a modification of this scoring system that took into consideration the level of staining of nonneoplastic epithelium present on the same slide as the cancer.
Validation and further modification of this scoring system could provide a much needed tool for use in population studies in Nigeria and elsewhere to estimate the actual magnitude of ABE-related morbidity and mortality.
The sand accumulations were graded on a 0 – 4 scale according to a modification of the scoring system by Korolainen and Ruohoniemi (2002): 0: No sand, 1: < 5 × 5 cm, 2: ≤ 5 × 15 cm or ≤ 15 × 5 cm, 3: ≤ 5 × 15 cm or ≤ 15 × 5 cm close to the ventral abdominal wall, 4: > 5 × 15 cm or >15×× 5 cm.
