Table 1.

Creatinine levels of experimental rabbits

Rabbit numbers	Days rabbits sacrificed	Creatinine levels before the placement of the PMMA spacer (mg/dL)	Creatinine levels before the deployment of the implants (mg/dL)	Creatinine levels on sacrificed days after the deployment of the implants (mg/dL)
1–3	1	0.64–0.90	0.65–1.01	0.78–0.88
4–6	3	0.88–1.32	0.76–1.43	0.77–1.64
7–9	7	0.83–1.01	0.86–1.11	0.79–0.95
10–12	14	0.76–0.98	0.77–1.12	0.67–0.96
13–15	21	0.64–0.82	0.92–1.44	0.66–0.99
16–18	28	0.66–0.81	0.78–0.93	0.74–0.92
19–21	35	0.86–0.91	0.92–1.01	0.90–0.97
22–24	42	0.78–1.11	0.86–1.07	0.84–1.02
25–27	49	0.68–0.97	0.98–1.03	0.82–0.94
28–30	56	0.73–0.86	0.88–0.98	0.85–0.92

Note: Normal creatinine level: 0.5~2.6 mg/dL.

Abbreviation: PMMA, polymethylmethacrylate.