... Department of Thoracic Surgery, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey; 2. Microbiology Laboratory, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey Corresponding author: ... proteins. Proinflammatory cy-tokines induce not only a local inflammation at the site of injury, but also systemic responses such as tachycardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis, and pyrexia (1). Increased ... Thoracotomy pain, Inflammatory response, Flurbiprofen Introduction Surgical trauma induces an inflammatory state characterized by the release of both proinflammatory and antiinflammatory proteins....