To assess blood sugar control they measured glycosylated hemoglobin, a standard tool for management of patients with diabetes.

Objective To explore the correlation between blood glucose level and incision infection in post-thoracotomy diabetic patients and to make reasonable control standards.

Methods We randomly assigned 1791 military veterans (mean age, 60.4 years) who had a suboptimal response to therapy for type 2 diabetes to receive either intensive or standard glucose control.