Table 2.

Characteristics associated with surgery and infection of patients with FCCD of the skull

Patient No.	Dural tear	Period of postop. antibiotics (day)	Inflammatory markers and BT												Postop. complication
			Preop.				POD 7				POD 14
			WBC* (/μL)	ESR† (mm/h)	CRP‡ (mg/L)	BT (℃)	WBC* (/μL)	ESR† (mm/h)	CRP‡ (mg/L)	BT (℃)	WBC* (/μL)	ESR† (mm/h)	CRP‡ (mg/L)	BT (℃)
1	Yes	18	13910	5	1.89	36.5	9440	13	5.19	37.2	9530	3	2.14	36.4	None
2	No	6	10710	5	0.65	37	6190	15	3.29	37.1	5410	4	0.89	36.9	None
3	No	21	17180	9	22.47	37.1	9400	16	26.19	37.1	7890	13	13.58	36.2	None
4	No	14	23240	2	0.99	36.7	16460	20	30.56	37.6	8210	22	15.69	36.8	None
5	No	10	25280	2	1.11	36.2	7490	49	49.65	37.1	7310	38	22.06	36.9	None
6	No	11	23330	2	2.64	37.8	10000	25	27.37	38.5	5980	17	2.46	36.9	None
7	Yes	13	12080	26	4.18	37.2	7390	51	13.75	36.9	8280	40	5.8	36.7	None
8	No	11	6790	7	0.97	37	4470	26	4.89	37.1	4690	16	3.94	37	None
9	No	6	5910	2	0.26	37.2	4810	14	4.46	36.8	4830	5	0.54	36.2	None
10	Yes	21	46970	2	0.24	37.1	8570	20	27.92	37.3	8580	28	2.49	37	None
11	Yes	12	7780	3	0.34	36.6	6560	19	3.37	37.4	5400	18	0.96	36.4	None
12	No	8	15500	2	0.56	37.2	10900	17	8.29	37.5	9300	12	13.12	36.8	None
13	No	8	7740	17	18.68	36.2	9510	15	7.83	36.5	5560	32	4.29	36.9	None
14	No	9	6910	13	0.86	36.7	4870	52	1.73	37.3	3000	47	2.72	38.1	None
15	Yes	18	17430	36	0.15	36.9	10640	49	47.82	38.4	9530	26	37.24	36.4	None
16	No	7	6800	5	1.21	36.4	12490	6	1.21	37.1	5400	18	3.54	36.5	None
17	Yes	14	9480	2	3.77	36.8	8140	27	29.61	37.4	8450	19	7.33	37.3	None
18	Yes	19	16530	2	0.28	37.1	8140	53	48.2	36.6	8460	38	4.85	36.6	None
19	Yes	14	15230	2	1.61	37.4	14190	28	77.26	36.4	12050	11	40.85	36.6	None

^*Normal range : 4000–10000/μL.

^†Normal range : 0–20 mm/h.

^‡Normal range : 0–5 mg/L.

FCCD : compound comminuted depressed fracture, postop. : postoperative, preop. : preoperative, WBC : white blood cell, ESR : erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP : C-reactive protein, BT : body temperature, POD : postoperative day