Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair for treating patients with massive hiatal hernia and iron-deficiency anaemia

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Clinical and biochemical parameters of the study population at 1-week post-surgery

Parameter	At baseline (mean ± SD)	1 week after surgery (mean ± SD)	T value	P value
RB(10¹²/L)	3.72 ± 0.719	4.290 ± 0.672	-5.447	<0.001
HB (g/L)	76.57 ± 13.87	99.28 ± 13.86	-11.713	<0.001
PCV	0.295 ± 0.046	0.345 ± 0.046	-6.168	<0.001
MCV (fL)	74.92 ± 9.01	80.92 ± 8.59	-4.865	<0.001
MCH (pg)	22.08 ± 3.99	25.29 ± 3.85	-5.335	<0.001
MCHC (g/L)	287.94 ± 23.71	299.66 ± 28.14	-2.184	0.036

Hb Haemoglobin, PCV Packed cell volume, MCV Mean corpuscular volume, MCH Mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, RB Red blood cell, SD Standard deviation

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