3.5 Post-operative fever
Both SCG and MCG exhibited POF, the magnitude and duration differed between the two groups (Figure 1) : 6/17(35.3%) SCG patients experienced fever at some point post-operatively vs . 12/16 (75%) in the MCG (P = 0.012).
POF was higher and of longer duration in the MCG. The mean fever at post-operative day (POD) 1 was 37.8±0.9 in the SCG and 37.7±1 in the MCG (P=0.71). On POD2, the mean temperature was lower in the SCG vs . the MCG (37.29 vs . 38.17, P = 0.035). On POD6, the mean temperature was lower in the SCGvs . the MCG (37.44 vs . 37.58, respectively, P = 0.32).
Figure 2 presents only febrile children (≥380C) in the two groups. At POD2, 10/13 (77%) febrile patients belonged to MCG and 3/13 (23%) belonged to the SCG (P = 0.013). On POD6, only single child from the SCG had fever. This child had undergone another CT scan, and no new complications were found.