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Category distributions of fracture and soft tissue injury in groups in live rats.
| Rat No. | Force, N/in2 | Gustilo Grade |
Observed damage to: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skin | Vasculature | Muscle | Bone | |||
| 1 | 210 | I | X* | - | - | X |
| 2 | I | X* | - | - | X | |
| 3 | I | X* | - | - | X | |
| 4 | 320 | II | X | - | X | X |
| 5 | IIIa/b | X | - | X | X | |
| 6 | II | - | X | X | X | |
| 7 | 430 | IIIc | X | X | X | X |
| 8 | IIIc | X | X | X | X | |
| 9 | IIIc | X | X | X | X | |
Small poke hole created, consistent with Gustilo type I injuries
