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. 2018 Mar 2;52(3):191–195. doi: 10.1016/j.aott.2018.02.002

Table 4.

Bacterial culture results in each group.

Culture-negative Culture-positive p-value
Intraoperative histopathological examination PMNs-negative 20 3 p = 1.000
PMNs-positive 2 0
Postoperative histopathological examination PMNs-negative 15 3 p = 0.534
PMNs-positive 7 0

PMNs: polymorphonuclear leukocytes.