Table 4 .

Serum laboratory tests at 6 months post-surgery

	Controls (mean ± SD)	Treated (mean ± SD)	P
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)	14.3 ± 16	17.3 ± 17	0.32
C-reactive protein (mg/L)	4.1 ± 8.3	4.2 ± 4.6	0.93
Hemoglobin (g/100 mL)	14.6 ± 1.2	14.3 ± 1.7	0.26
White blood cells (cells/mL)	7538 ± 2079	7352 ± 1452	0.57
PMN (%)	59.2 ± 8.5	59.5 ± 7.8	0.84
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.9 ± 0.19	0.88 ± 0.17	0.54
SGOT (U/L)	21 ± 14.6	22.8 ± 15.5	0.34
SGPT (U/L)	20.4 ± 20.7	23.9 ± 15.5	0.12
GAMMA-GT (U/L)	35.9 ± 33.5	42.5 ± 55	0.24

PMN polymorphonuclear leukocytes; SGOT Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase; SGPT Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase; GAMMA-GT Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase