The comparative kinetics of the pre- and postoperative CRP course in non-infectious and infectious patients is depicted in Figure 1A. On days 11 and 14, the infection group showed significantly higher CRP values compared to the non-infection group (padj = 0.004, and padj = 0.002, respectively, two-stage step-up of Benjamini, Krieger and Yekutieli with FDR correction, Figure 1A), while the two approaches (anterolateral vs. posterior) did not differ significantly at any point in time (Figure 1B). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is infection.