Growth Hormone (ng/mL)

Mean

±SD

Paired Difference

Paired sample t-test

Mean

±SD

t

p-value

Pre

29.89

18.52

Early Postoperative

11.74

15.56

18.15

18.87

2.36

0.065

After 3 months

9.95

14.30

19.94

14.45

3.22

0.005

After 6 months

8.01

9.85

21.87

11.06

4.99

<0.001