serum levels of cortisol , t3 , t4 and blood levels of glucose , lactate and pyruvate were measured 15 min before anaesthesia , 15 and 60 min after skin incision and at 2 h after surgery , in 16 patients undergoing elective surgery on lower extremities either under epidural analgesia ( group i ) or general anaesthesia ( group ii ) .
C0002903
anaesthesia
C0002915
general