Table 5.
Proinflammatory cytokine levels in the two groups.
| Treatments | N | IL-6 | TNF-α | IL-1β | Hs-CRP | ||||
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| Before surgery | 10 days after surgery | Before surgery | 10 days after surgery | Before surgery | 10 days after surgery | Before surgery | 10 days after surgery | ||
| Ultrasound-guided combined lumbar plexus-sciatic nerve block | 58 | 52.11 ± 12.01 | 102.30 ± 36.98a∗ | 48.35 ± 13.47 | 80.88 ± 22.78a∗ | 35.72 ± 3.82 | 45.54 ± 5.68a∗ | 18.42 ± 0.19 | 23.93 ± 2.60a∗ |
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| Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia | 62 | 53.86 ± 11.85 | 124.53 ± 41.31a | 44.17 ± 11.11 | 101.56 ± 27.04a | 35.66 ± 4.83 | 50.90 ± 5.59a | 18.5 ± 0.29 | 28.02 ± 2.17a |
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| T | 0.803 | 3.098 | 1.859 | 4.515 | 0.075 | 5.208 | 1.774 | 9.378 | |
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| P | 0.4235 | 0.0024 | 0.0655 | <0.0001 | 0.940 | <0.0001 | 0.079 | <0.0001 | |
∗ indicates P < 0.05 compared with combined spinal-epidural anesthesia; aindicates P < 0.05 compared with that before surgery.