3.4. Post-operative fever
Both SCG and MCG exhibited POF, yet magnitude and duration significantly differed between the two groups as shown in (Figure 1),6/17(35.3%) SCG patients experienced fever at some point post-operatively vs . 12/16 (75%) in the MCG (P = 0.012).
POF was higher and of longer duration in the MCG. At post-operative day (POD 1) mean temperature was 37.8±0.9 in the SCG and 37.7±1 in the MCG (P=0.71). On POD2, the mean temperature was lower in the SCG vs . the MCG (37.29 vs . 38.17, P = 0.035). On POD6, the mean temperature was lower in the SCGvs . the MCG (37.44 vs . 37.58, respectively, P = 0.32).
Febrile children (≥380C) in both groups are depicted in Figure 2. At POD2, 10/13 (77%) febrile patients belonged to MCG and 3/13 (23%) belonged to SCG (P = 0.013). On POD6, only one child from the SCG had fever. This child had undergone another CT scan, and no new complications were found.