Effect of thoracic paravertebral block combined with general anesthesia on postoperative brain injury in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To evaluate the effect of thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) combined with general anesthesia on the postoperative brain injury in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer.Methods:A total of 100 patients of either sex, aged ≥65 yr, with body mass index of 20-24 kg/m 2, of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ, scheduled for elective thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer, were divided into 2 groups ( n=50 each) by using a random number table method: general anesthesia group (G group) and TPVB combined with general anesthesia group (TG group). TPVB was performed before induction of anesthesia in group TG.Anesthesia was induced with IV midazolam, etomidate, rocuronium and sufentanil and maintained with infusion of propofol and remifentanil and intermittent IV boluses of cis-atracurium.Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) was used for postoperative analgesia after surgery.Venous blood samples were taken at 5 min after entering the operating room and 24 and 72 h after surgery to determine the concentrations of S100β, neuron-specific enolase, Tau protein, β amyloid and interleukin-6 in plasma.The cognitive function was assessed by using the Mini Mental State Examination Scale and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale at 1 day before surgery and 24 and 72 h after surgery, and cognitive dysfunction was recorded.The quality of night sleep was assessed using Numerical Rating Scale at 1 day before surgery, on the day of surgery and on day 3 after surgery.The occurrence of nausea and vomiting within 72 h after operation, perioperative consumption of sufentanil, effective pressing times of PCA within 24 h after operation and requirement for postoperative rescue analgesia were recorded. Results:No postoperative nausea and vomiting was found and no patients required rescue analgesia in either group.Compared with group G, the concentrations of S100β, neuron-specific enolase and interleukin-6 in plasma, Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale score, and incidence of cognitive dysfunction were significantly decreased at 24 h after surgery, sleep quality score was increased, and the perioperative sufentanil consumption and effective pressing times of PCA were reduced ( P<0.05), and no significant change was found in plasma Tau protein and β amyloid concentrations in group TG ( P>0.05). Conclusions:TPVB combined with general anesthesia is helpful in reducing postoperative brain injury in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer.