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Table 3 Mean values of fibrinogen and WBC count preoperatively, at first postoperative day and on the appearance of symptoms indicative of an irregular post-operative course

From: The utility of fibrinogen level as a predictor of complications after laparoscopic gynecologic surgery: a prospective observational study

Parameters

Patients who developed major complications

Patients without major complications

 

Preoperative

First POD

Re-evaluation

Preoperative

First POD

Re-evaluation

p value**

Fibrinogen (mean ± SD)

339 ± 98

423 ± 90

615 ± 95*

352 ± 102

430 ± 86

480 ± 104*

< 0.001

WBC (mean ± SD)

4542 ± 1104

6779 ± 1770

11,367 ± 1700*

4021 ± 2350

6100 ± 1900

8144 ± 1540*

0.048

  1. Abbreviations: POD postoperative day, SD standard deviation, WBC white blood cell count
  2. *p value < 0.05 in comparison to first postoperative day value as calculated by Student’s t test for paired data
  3. **p value calculated by Student’s t test for mean change difference between groups
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