Table 2.
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), C reactive protein (CRP), cortisol, and leptin levels of the patients. Data are median [range]. Perioperative (before induction). Postoperative (24 hours after the operation).
| n = 7 | Pre/postoperative | General anaesthesia | Spinal anaesthesia |
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| IL-6 (pg/mL) | Perioperative | 1.63 [0.95–11.67] | 5.16 [1.22–8.25] |
| Postoperative | 6.65 [1.76–22.66] 1 | 11.94 [7.6–25.51] 2 | |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | Perioperative | 12.48 [6.84–26.66] | 6.60 [1.71–34.00] |
| Postoperative | 9.78 [6.36–26.17] | 5.87 [2.20–16.14] | |
| CRP (mg/L) | Perioperative | 1.25 [0.54–6.56] | 1.64 [0.51–26.06] |
| Postoperative | 11.34 [1.29–29.29] 2 | 6.27 [3.77–58.74] 2 | |
| Cortisol (nmol/L) | Perioperative | 346 [182–1613] | 377 [80–696] |
| Postoperative | 351 [218–550] | 204 [70–562] | |
| Leptin (ng/mL) | Perioperative | 6.15 [2.59–18.44] | 4.95 [3.95–26.87] |
| Postoperative | 6.38 [3.12–35.05] | 10.58 [6.96–30.55] 2 | |
1Significantly higher than perioperative levels (P = .043).
2Significantly higher than perioperative levels (P = .018).