Influences of Oral Administration of Probiotics on Posthepatectomy Recovery in Patients in Child-Pugh Grade

Table 3

Comparison of infection indexes of patients.

	Child-Pugh A grade		value	Child-Pugh B grade		value
	Probiotics group ()	Control group ()		Probiotics group ()	Control group ()
Procalcitonin (ng/mL)
Day 1 after surgery			0.665			0.943
Day 3 after surgery			0.933			0.007
Day 5 after surgery			0.433			0.014
Limulus test for endotoxins (Eu/mL)
Day 1 after surgery			0.726			0.286
Day 3 after surgery			0.534			0.652
Day 5 after surgery			0.836			0.319
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)
Day 1 after surgery			0.924			0.525
Day 3 after surgery			0.515			0.936
Day 5 after surgery			0.896			0.421