A 27-year-old woman presents to the emergency room 30 minutes after cutting her forearm with a knife while cooking. On examination, there’s a clean, linear laceration on her forearm, and the edges of the wound are well-approximated. The wound is sutured immediately. What type of wound healing is most likely occurring in this case?
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