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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Serum laboratory tests at 6 months post-surgery

From: Fast-resorbable antibiotic-loaded hydrogel coating to reduce post-surgical infection after internal osteosynthesis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

 

Controls (mean ± SD)

Treated (mean ± SD)

P

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)

14.3 ± 16

17.3 ± 17

0.32

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

4.1 ± 8.3

4.2 ± 4.6

0.93

Hemoglobin (g/100 mL)

14.6 ± 1.2

14.3 ± 1.7

0.26

White blood cells (cells/mL)

7538 ± 2079

7352 ± 1452

0.57

PMN (%)

59.2 ± 8.5

59.5 ± 7.8

0.84

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.9 ± 0.19

0.88 ± 0.17

0.54

SGOT (U/L)

21 ± 14.6

22.8 ± 15.5

0.34

SGPT (U/L)

20.4 ± 20.7

23.9 ± 15.5

0.12

GAMMA-GT (U/L)

35.9 ± 33.5

42.5 ± 55

0.24

  1. PMN polymorphonuclear leukocytes; SGOT Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase; SGPT Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase; GAMMA-GT Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase