Fig. 4

Serial changes of serologic markers, including A serum white blood cell (WBC) count, B erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and C C-reactive protein (CRP). These markers are periodically monitored to confirm a progressive decline in levels. The black dotted line indicates second-stage re-implantation.*Group B (i.e., novel technique) improved significantly faster in terms of WBC count and CRP level during the first period. The significant differences of the serologic markers were investigated with pairwise between -group and within-group comparisons, which were conducted using Student’s t test with post hoc analysis by Bonferroni's method. The level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05