Fig. 3From: Correlations between inflammatory cytokines, muscle damage markers and acute postoperative pain following primary total knee arthroplastyThe serial changes of serum inflammatory cytokines and muscle damage markers after primary total knee arthroplasty. a, b The serial changes of serum inflammatory cytokines, including erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); C-reactive protein (CRP), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), interleukin-6 and -8 (IL-6 and IL-8), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). c The serial changes of serum muscle damage markers, including myoglobin (Mb), creatinine (Cre), creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and aspartate transaminase (AST)Back to article page