CRP and Increased total leukocyte count: In the post-operative period, the analysis included in the two groups: among inflammatory markers the leukocytosis, blood CRP levels on day zero, one, two and three post-operatively, and CRP level in the surgical wound drainage on day 0; glycemia levels on consecutive post-operative days; doses of analgesic medications administered on the day 0; and the duration of peripheral nerve block that was tantamount to the time of administration of the first analgesic agent dose (Table 3, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2).