Figure 5
From: The tryptophan kynurenine pathway, neopterin and IL-6 during vulvectomy and abdominal hysterectomy
The effect of anesthesia in patients undergoing vulvectomy and major abdominal surgery on perioperative levels of plasma IL-6. There was a significant within subject effect (P < 0.001). The major abdominal surgery group had produced significantly more IL-6 then the vulvectomy group 30 minutes prior to the end of the operation (P < 0.001). *Denotes significant difference at the end of operation time point, P<0.001.