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Fig. 2 | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Fig. 2

From: Usefulness of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A in early detection of postoperative infectious complications to tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs

Fig. 2

C-reactive protein (CRP, A) and serum amyloid A (SAA, B) concentrations in canine serum before and 1, 6 and 12 days following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). Dogs, with (red) and without (blue) infectious complications to surgery, were included in the study. Statistically significant higher serum concentrations were observed day 1 and 6 compared to baseline concentrations at day 0 in dogs with and without infectious post-surgery complications (a). On day 6, statistically significant higher serum concentrations were observed in dogs with infectious complications to surgery, compared to dogs with no complications (b). Baseline concentrations were reached again on day 12. Significance level was set to P < 0.05. The optimal clinical decision limits of serum SAA and CRP concentrations to discriminate dogs with and without infectious complications (horizontal lines) were established by receiver operating characteristic curve analyses

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