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No Routine Control Measurements of C-Reactive Protein in Uneventful Postoperative Evolution After Debridement for Infected (Diabetic) Foot Surgery
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Background/Objectives: In orthopedic (diabetic) foot surgery, the serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level is frequently measured not only as a diagnostic tool, but also as a control inflammatory marker in the follow-up of postoperative surgical-site infections (SSIs) Methods: We investigated the predictive value of the post-debridement routine (control) serum CRP level in adult (diabetic) patients with an SSI in the foot. We excluded community-acquired (diabetic foot) infections and focused on the predictive accuracy of routine (control) CRP measurements in terms of ultimate therapeutic failures. Results: The median pre- and postoperative CRP levels were 25 mg/L and 8.8 mg/L, respectively. In group comparisons and multivariate assessment, neither the immediate (relative and absolute) drop in the serum CRP level, nor its values between 5 and 8 weeks and between 11 and 14 weeks predicted the failure risk of 19%. In contrast, in cases of surprisingly elevated CRP levels, this finding leads to unnecessary radiological (median costs approximatively USD 200), clinical, microbiological urinary sample (median costs USD 50), and laboratory (one CRP sample USD 10) exams. These additional exams also likely prolong the duration of hospitalization by one to two days (e.g., whilst awaiting the microbiological results) and often generate unnecessary consultations among internist and/or infectious diseases experts (USD 50). Conclusions: Routine, postoperative CRP monitoring during the treatment of established orthopedic (diabetic) foot SSIs is unnecessarily costly, and should be avoided in favor of clinical surveillance of the postoperative evolution.
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LIEBE, Jonas, SOLDEVILA-BOIXADER, Laura, YΙLDΙZ, İnci, FURRER, Pascal r., JANS, Peter, VIEHÖFER, Arnd, WIRTH, Stephan, UCKAY, İlker. No Routine Control Measurements of C-Reactive Protein in Uneventful Postoperative Evolution After Debridement for Infected (Diabetic) Foot Surgery. _Journal of Clinical Medicine_. 2025. Vol. 14, núm. 12. [consulta: 27 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 2077-0383. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/222378]