Histological evaluation of muscle biopsies from postoperative (POD) 3 to 9.

Number of biopsies taken on each postoperative day (POD 3,5,7,9) in muscle according to their histological grading (Grad 0-III) based on H&E grading. The first biopsy was taken from the lateral proximal part of the thigh, the second one from the lateral distal thigh, the third one from the ventral thigh and the last one from the medial part of the thigh.