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. 2019 Feb 28;34(2):e201900206. doi: 10.1590/s0102-8650201900206

Table 3. Postoperative inflammatory response and pain visual analog scale (VAS) in both groups: Liechtenstein and laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair.

	LICHTENSTEIN	TAPP	p
Leukocytes 24 h (/mm³)	10,478.24 ± 2,176.09 (n=34)	9,951.36 ± 2,927.20 (n=22)	0.49
Neutrophils 24 h (%)	69.75 ± 11.53 (n=34)	68.49 ± 9.32 (n=22)	0.43
CRP 24 h (mg/dl)	1.68 ± 2.93 (n=33)	1.65 ± 1.99 (n=22)	0.76
CRP 8^th day(mg/dl)	0.47 ± 1.83 (n=33)	0.72 ± 1.83 (n=22)	0.48
IL-6 24 h (pg/ml)	19.33 ± 11.52 (n=32)	20.02 ± 9.93 (n=22)	0.98
VAS 24 h	4.11 ± 1.71 (n=37)	4.00 ± 1.41 (n=22)	0.94
VAS 8^th day	3.70 ± 1.59 (n=37)	3.91 ± 1.54 (n=22)	0.45

TAPP - transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair; CRP- C-reactive protein; IL-6 - Interleukin 6; VAS - Visual analog scale.