Table 2.

Preoperative assessment of the reviewed patients (N = 44)

	Characteristics	Raw numbers	Percent	Mean	Standard deviation	Maximum	Minimum
Signs and symptoms at presentation	Pain	43	97.7
	Draining fistula	24	54.5
	Redness/warmth	21	47.7
	Swelling	12	27.3
	Fever	9	20.5			6	0
Radiology	X-ray: osteolysis/loosening	27	61.4
	Leucocyte bone scan	16	36.4
	CT scan	2	4.5
Laboratory tests	Serum leucocytes			7,400	2,200	13,700	4,200
	CRP (mg/L)			38.4	31.2	178	2

CT computed tomography, CRP C-reactive protein