3.3. Secondary Endpoint Results
PJI
The odds ratio, and absolute and relative risk calculations, showed that the risk of PJI relapse (odds ratio) in patients of the SG was less than one (odds ratio = 0.083; 95% CI = 0.009–0.742), and was almost 12 times lower than that in the CG within 12-month follow-up in the PP population (Regarding laboratory parameters reflecting the infectious inflammatory process, the baseline CRP and ESR values did not differ between the groups (exact Generally, the pattern of CRP and ESR changes in both groups was similar on day 3 ± 1 after surgery, being accompanied by an increase from the baseline values almost 3-fold (For example, the CRP level in the SG rapidly decreased up to the end of hospitalization (A similar trend in changes in the CRP level was observed in the CG (Significant intergroup differences in the CRP content, given the alpha level = 0.025 adjusted for multiple comparisons, were noted only on day 3 ± 1: the medians in the SG and CG differed by almost a factor of two, amounting to 86.8 [57.99; 158.66] and 44.1 [34.40; 69.32] mg/L, respectively (The median ESR levels in the CG remained unchanged throughout the entire period of hospitalization (In the SG, the ESR level increased 1.5-fold (