Research Article

Characterization of Synovial Cytokine Patterns in Bucket-Handle and Posterior Horn Meniscal Tears

Table 3

Cytokine concentrations.

IL-6IL-8TNF-αIL-10IL-1β

BHMedian22.341.213.25.80.0
IQR[3.0–74.0][7.9–159.4][8.3–24.9][3.8–7.5][0.0–4.4]
PHMedian50.630.63.54.45.19
IQR[6.5–554.6][16.1–57.7][2.4–11.9][2.7–10.5][0.9–8.6]

Median and IQR (pg/ml) of synovial cytokines in patients with bucket-handle (BH) tear and tear of the posterior horn (PH) of the medial meniscus. for the BH vs. PH group.