Analysis of Surgical Site Infection after Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery: Risk Assessment Using a New Scoring System

Table 4

Analysis of pre- and postoperative laboratory values.

	Non-SSI	SSI	𝑃 value
Preoperative values
WBC (/m^3)	6,242±278	6,016±405	0.41
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.3±0.2	12.3±0.5	0.49
Total protein (g/dL)	6.9±0.1	7.0±0.1	0.32
CRP (mg/dL)	1.6±0.3	1.4±0.5	0.41
Postoperative (1 day) values
WBC (/m^3)	8,959±285	9,245±602	0.36
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.3±0.17	10.8±0.4	0.17
Total protein (g/dL)	5.7±0.7	5.5±0.2	0.12
Postoperative (1 week) values
WBC (/m^3)	6,528±230	8,689±993	0.001
CRP (mg/dL)	2.2±0.3	8.8±2.1	<0.0001