3.2. Timing of surgery and laboratory findings
Table 2 presents the patients’ clinical characteristics and
laboratory findings on the day of surgery. Surgery was performed on days
1-5 of hospitalization (three patients on day 1, eighteen on day 2,
eight on day 3, three on day 4, and one on day 5), with no difference
between the two groups in respect to mean timing for surgery (2.47 ± 0.8
days after admission in the SCG vs . 2.37 ± 0.9 days in the MCG,
P=0.766). No differences were found between the study groups regarding
mean body temperature measurements, CRP levels, and WBC counts recorded
on the day of surgery.