CXCL8 and femur fracture: The present study aimed to assess the systemic inflammatory response to surgical trauma through the serum levels of several cytokines (IL1β, IL6, IL8, and IL-10), inflammatory markers (c reactive protein—CRP), and muscular damage markers (creatinkinase—CK) at different time intervals in a consecutive series of patients affected by pertrochanteric fractures (PFs) and treated by two different surgical devices (intramedullary nailing (IM) vs. dynamic hip screw plate—DHS).