highly significantp < 0.001
Neutrophil Counts Daily neutrophil counts (normal values 1.6–6.5 × 10 9 /L) were found to have no significant difference between the two groups on the day before surgery (POD0) as well as on all seven postoperative days, except for POD2; on this day, the L group’s neutrophil count exhibited only a small increase, in relation to the non-L group, leading to a highly significant difference ( p < 0.001) between the two groups ( Table 2 ).