Table 4. Inflammatory markers at preoperative baseline, 8 and 24 hours after surgery.

Variables	LA group	SA group	GA group	p-value
	(n = 18)	(n = 18)	(n = 18)
IL-10 level (pg/ml)
Preoperative baseline	0 (0–4.2)	0 (0–17.5)	0 (0–3.3)	0.545
8 hours after surgery	4.7 (0–7.2)	5.1 (0–19.6)	3.7 (0–10.5)	0.911
24 hours after surgery	5.4 (0–13.8)	5.7 (0–19.2)	5.2 (0–10.9)	0.628
IL-6 level (pg/ml)
Preoperative baseline	0.9 (0–38.2)	2.3 (0–121.1)	0 (0–8.3)	0.318
8 hours after surgery	30.4 (6.8–78.3)	31.6 (10.4–169.8)	29.8 (9.4–102.3)	0.972
24 hours after surgery	16.6 (2.3–126.8)	16.1 (2.5–149.3)	15.6 (2.6–71.4)	0.879
IL-1β level (pg/ml)
Preoperative baseline	0	0	0
8 hours after surgery	0.5 (0.5–2.6)	0.5 (0.5–3.1)	0.5 (0.5–4.0)	0.761
24 hours after surgery	0.5 (0.5–3.1)	0.5 (0.5–2.9)	0.5 (0.5–4.2)	0.493

Data presented as median (min–max).

Abbreviations: LA, local anesthesia; SA, spinal anesthesia; GA, general anesthesia.

p-value for Kruskal-Wallis test.