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Table 3 Serologic tests before prostheses implantation

From: Outcomes and predictors of treatment failure following two-stage total joint arthroplasty with articulating spacers for evolutive septic arthritis

Variables

Success

Failure

p-value

CRP (mg/dL)

0.8 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 1.0

0.134

ESR (mm/hr)

15.7 ± 18.0

19.7 ± 19.4

0.518

IL-6 (pg/mL)

8.1 ± 8.0

9.9 ± 9.8

0.404

  1. ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 Interleukin-6
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