Surgery-group (Gr. A) | Control-group (Gr. B) | ||||
pg/ml | Mean ± standard dev. | Minimum/maximum | Minimum/maximum | Mean ± standard dev. | pg/ml |
1 day pre-OP | 28.99 ± 15.3 | 13.1/59.5 | 12.7/71.9 | 32.71 ± 18.6 | 1 day |
4 days post-OP | 29.67 ± 17.8 | 8.7/65.5 | 10.6/72.5 | 32.63 ± 18.6 | 2 days |
10 days post-OP | 22.99 ± 18.1 | 7.5/69.6 | 10.2/74.5 | 28.93 ± 17.4 | 3 days |
28 days post-OP | 25.49 ± 15.0 | 8.9/71.9 | 11.3/29.1 | 28.05 ± 17.6 | 10 days |