Figure 3From: Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in polytraumatized patients. a longitudinal, prospective and observational study of the procedure-related impact on cardiopulmonary- and inflammatory responsesThe figure shows the arterial tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) (3a), interleukin-6 (IL-6) (3b) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) (3c) (median and 25/75 percentiles) at admission (A), skin incision (B), 30 minutes (D), two (E) and six (F) hours, the first (G1), second (H1) and third (I) day after nail insertion.Back to article page