For the third postoperative day, average CRP values within the infection group demonstrated a statistically significant increase compared to average values in the non-infection group.22 Furthermore, it was found that in patients with infection, CRP values tended to plateau without significantly changing between days two and 14.23 This was in contrast to patients who didn’t have SSIs, who had significant decreases in CRP values from day 2 to day 14 then declined to baseline at day 28, reflecting decrease in the inflammation. Here, CRP is linked to infection.