A Study of Inflammatory/Necrosis Biomarkers in the Fracture of the Femur Treated with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation

Table 2

It shows the data of the cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 and of the markers CRP and CK obtained from serum or plasma samples collected 1 hour before and 24 hours after surgery. was considered significant.

	Surgery	Range	Mean value ± Standard deviation	value
TNF-α; (pg/mL)	pre	0.1–14.3	2.27 ± 4.09	n.s.
	post	0.1–18.3	3.84 ± 5.74
IL-6; (pg/mL)	pre	0.1–45.9	16.15 ± 14.96	n.s.
	post	0.1–32.7	16.64 ± 9.04
CRP; (mg/L)	pre	14.2–111.0	63.08 ± 33.72
	post	29.8–162.0	104.46 ± 38.69
CK; (UI/L)	pre	24.0–230.0	84.35 ± 44.81
	post	34.0–632.0	218.06 ± 155.93