TABLE 1.

Demographics, operative information, and inflammatory variables (mean ± SD, **P < 0.01)

Case No.	TT	Operation Time (min)	hemorrhage Volume (mL)	Follow‐up (ys)	CRP (mg/L)		ESR (mm/h)
					Pre‐	Final	Pre‐	Final
1	Y	125	450	0.9	96	3.1	64	13
2	Y	130	580	1.5	87	5.4	59	15
3	Y	130	410	0.9	47	2.3	32	11
4	N	90	430	0.6	79	4.5	56	10
5	N	120	630	1.5	65	2.0	51	9
6	Y	110	550	0.9	95	3.6	61	13
7	N	140	600	1.5	70	4.8	49	12
8	N	100	490	1.2	60	2.0	53	12
9	N	135	530	1.6	56	3.2	48	14
10	N	110	490	1	63	1.7	50	10
11	N	140	450	2	77	2.3	62	11
12	Y	130	600	1.5	88	2.4	54	12
13	Y	95	410	2	83	3.3	54	14
14	N	100	430	1.6	66	2.6	49	11
15	N	95	500	2	91	2.4	67	10
16	Y	136	530	1.8	79	1.0	53	13
17	Y	130	600	1	87	3.5	60	10
18	N	109	420	1.5	86	2.9	51	12
19	N	90	410	1.4	78	4.0	49	9
20	N	140	630	0.9	63	2.9	45	14
21	Y	130	500	1.5	87	3.5	59	13
22	N	100	440	0.9	65	3.0	45	15
23	N	135	630	0.6	65	3.4	39	12
24	Y	130	600	1	71	2.1	57	8
25	N	90	420	1.2	87	2.6	51	13
26	Y	130	610	1.3	81	2.7	49	11
X ± s	‐	118.1 ± 17.5	513.0 ± 79.6	1.3 ± 0.42	75.8 ± 12.7	3.0 ± 1.0**	52.6 ± 7.5	11.8 ± 1.8**