The primary goal of this study is to assess whether monitoring of sedation level during general anesthesia, using BIS, enhances long-term recovery. Two outcome domains are of interest: Cognitive function (attention, vigilance, and memory) and immune system responses (inflammation). The former is measured using a computerized test battery while blood samples (cytokines and TNF-a levels) address the latter. Patients are randomly assigned to one of two monitoring groups. While BIS is recorded in both, the values are not available to guide drug dosing in the standard practice group (i.e., blinded). In this group, parameters such as changes in respiration, heart beat, and blood pressure guide the amount of drugs being administered. In the other group, BIS readings are available and used to titrate drugs to values between 50 and 60 (target 55). The anesthetic protocol is similar for both. Recovery is assessed repeatedly in all patients at various intervals after surgery (6 hrs, 1st and 2nd day, and 1 month follow-up). In this way, we intend to capture outcome-variation over time.