Table 4.

Comparison of inflammatory cytokine levels between the two groups before and at after treatment

Groups		Control group	Observation group	t	P
case		153	139
TNF-α/pg·mL-1	Preoperative	155.22±19.42	150.67±21.26	-1.901	0.058
	1 Week	135.24±15.95	118.00±13.62	-9.961	<0.001
	2 Weeks	96.57±10.58	88.84±10.22	-6.343	<0.001
	1 month	64.98±7.31	58.71±7.48	-7.233	<0.001
IL-6/pg·mL-1	Preoperative	482.30±55.59	485.90±49.29	0.586	0.558
	1 Week	361.59±41.73	308.17±39.61	-11.22	<0.001
	2 Weeks	260.45±33.08	238.45±28.94	-6.06	<0.001
	1 month	150.11±19.70	133.18±15.05	-8.292	<0.001

Note: TNF-α, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; IL-6, Interleukin-6.