Comparative study on operative trauma between microwave ablation and surgical treatment for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Table 3 Comparison of postoperative serum markers (mean ± SD)

Group	Case	CRP (mg/L)	IL-6 (ng/L)	TNF-α (ng/L)
Surgery group	46	12.05 ± 2.57	14.44 ± 4.61	51.39 ± 2.86
Microwave	41	0.71 ± 0.39	4.02 ± 1.78	43.55 ± 5.03
Ablation group
t-value		27.951	13.591	9.059
P-value		0	0	0

CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: Interleukin-6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α.