Figure 1.

Time courses of deep tissue temperature around the knee joints, body temperature, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Deep tissue temperature was measured with the probe that can measure the tissue temperature at the depth of 1 cm subcutaneous. Values are mean ± SD. *P<0.05 compared with the baseline data at admission (preop) by paired t test. #p < 0.05 compared with the temperature in the non-operated knee at the same postoperative day by paired t test.