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Table 3 Whole blood titanium levels in group I before and in the postoperative period

From: The development of whole blood titanium levels after instrumented spinal fusion – Is there a correlation between the number of fused segments and titanium levels?

time

mean titanium level (μg/l)

n

standard deviation

minimum titanium level (μg/l)

maximum titanium level (μg/l)

before surgery

47.9

15

10.6

33.0

69.0

2 th day after surgery

41.4

9

6.7

33.0

52.0

10th day after surgery

41.5

12

7.5

26.0

49.0

3 months after surgery

48.6

13

15.0

29.0

82.0

12 months after surgery

55.1

15

34.4

31.0

142.0