OP Why did your surgeon make the incisions the day before? This makes no sense to me.
I remember reading a Patient of Dr Bhloxman not too long ago who made pre made slits the same day and the Dr mentioned that the slits closed up extremely fast and the grafts might have not survived because of it.
I have bene on this forum for 7+ years and have yet to see a single surgeon who has done this? What's the purpose of this? Is this the possibility as to why your surgery didn't succeed?