ALB and pelvic inflammatory disease: However, compared with the control group, the case group had significantly greater use of NACT, higher preoperative albumin level, greater number of lymph nodes resected, higher incidence of postoperative pelvic infection, lower postoperative levels of hemoglobin and albumin, and larger decreases in hemoglobin and albumin levels from before surgery to after surgery (all P < 0.05; see Table 2 for details).