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Table 7 Effects of TTP-PECS and TPVB on pro-inflammatory cytokines

From: Ultrasound-guided transversus thoracic muscle plane-pectoral nerve block for postoperative analgesia after modified radical mastectomy: a comparison with the thoracic paravertebral nerve block

Indicator

Group

Before surgery

Immediately after surgery

12 h after surgery

24 h after surgery

IL-6 (pg/ml)

TTP-PECS group

36.22 ± 5.71

39.69 ± 4.92#

46.42 ± 5.38#*

42.45 ± 4.90#

TPVB group

36.20 ± 6.10

39.21 ± 5.59#

49.37 ± 6.08#

42.92 ± 5.11#

P value

0.99

0.69

0.03

0.68

MCP-1 (pg/ml)

TTP-PECS group

16.63 ± 1.58

20.85 ± 1.77#

36.28 ± 2.28#*

29.15 ± 2.36#

TPVB group

17.06 ± 1.66

20.17± 2.02#

40.23 ± 2.86#

29.19 ± 2.41#

P value

0.25

0.12

0.00

0.94

TNF-α (pg/ml)

TTP-PECS group

4.42 ± 0.73

8.06 ± 0.65#

13.59 ± 0.93#*

8.80 ± 0.79#

TPVB group

4.48 ± 0.64

8.18 ±0.99#

16.14 ± 1.07#

8.82 ± 1.05#

P value

0.70

0.53

0.00

0.93

  1. Compared with TPVB, TTP-PECS treatment significantly decreased the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines at 12 h after surgery. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (39 in the TTP-PECS group and 38 in the TPVB group)
  2. #P < 0.05, versus before surgery
  3. *P < 0.05, versus the TPVB group