Table 1.

Difference in pH values measured within the osteotomy and muscle hematoma per animal and time point. At all time points, the difference between both pH values was quite variable between animals and did not follow the same trend.

	∆ pH (Fracture Hematoma - Muscle Trauma)
Time Point	4 h	10 h	24 h	48 h
Individual ∆ pH per animal and time point	0.53	−0.13	−0.33	−0.70
	0.92	−0.28	−0.16	−0.21
	−0.58	0.13	−0.71	−0.51
	−0.31	0.20	−0.66	0.01
	−0.78		0.38
	−0.71