Table 1.

Intragroup comparison of CRP across various time intervals using repeated-measures ANOVA.

Groups	Time	N	Mean	Standard Deviation	Standard Error	p-Value
Piezo CRP	Pre-op	25	3.71	4.594	0.919	0.976 #
	Immediate post-op	25	4.16	4.618	0.924
	Post-op 24 h	25	3.97	4.754	0.951
	Post-op 72 h	25	3.64	4.473	0.895
	Total	100	3.87	4.545	0.455
Rotatory CRP	Pre-op	25	2.83	1.774	0.355	0.000 **
	Immediate post-op	25	5.51	1.877	0.375
	Post-op 24 h	25	12.60	3.793	0.759
	Post-op 72 h	25	8.88	3.142	0.628
	Total	100	7.45	4.588	0.459

** statistically highly significant difference (p < 0.01); # non significant difference (p > 0.05).