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Table 3 Performance index based on the rank of each measured treatment observation

From: Performance assessment of bi-directional knotless tissue-closure devices in juvenile Chinook salmon surgically implanted with acoustic transmitters

 

Treatment

Measured observation

6-Point

Wide “N”

Wide “N” Knot 12

Wide “N” Knot 18

Mortality

4

2

2

2

ATs expelled

1.5

3.5

1.5

3.5

Presence of openness, Day 7

2

4

2

2

Functional suture, Site 1, Day 7

3.5

3.5

1

2

Functional suture, Site 2, Day 7

3

3

1

3

Presence of ulcerated areas, Day 7

4

1

3

2

Presence of ulcerated areas, Day 14

1.5

1.5

3

4

Presence of erythema areas, Day 7

3.5

1

2

3.5

Presence of erythema areas, Day 14

1

2.5

2.5

4

Average

2.67

2.44

2.00(a)

2.89

  1. 1 = best, 4 = worst.
  2. (a) Treatment with the lowest overall score and thus the overall best performance.