International Journal of Pharmacology

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Evaluation of the Combined Effect of the Local Effect of Epidural Anesthesia...

Author(s):

JingSheng Lai
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China
ZhiHui Zhang
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China
LeHua Xie
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China
Xin Liang
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China
XianZhu Liang
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China
HongJian Zhou
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China
QiuNing Pan
Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China


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Year: 2024 | Doi: 10.3923/ijp.2024.742.747

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[Full title: Evaluation of the Combined Effect of the Local Effect of Epidural Anesthesia with General Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery]

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[Summary: This page introduces a study evaluating the combined effect of epidural anesthesia (EA) with general anesthesia (GN) in thoracic surgery. It mentions that GN can cause loss of consciousness and block the CNS. The study involved 100 chest surgery participants randomly assigned to either EA with GN or GN alone. Preoperative indicators were similar between groups.]

OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Pharmacology ISSN 1811-7775 DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2024.742.747 Research Article Evaluation of the Combined Effect of the Local Effect of Epidural Anesthesia with General Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery # JingSheng Lai, # ZhiHui Zhang, LeHua Xie, Xin Liang, XianZhu Liang, HongJian Zhou and QiuNing Pan Department of Anaesthesia, Central People’s Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China # Authors contributed equally to this work Abstract Background and Objective: General anesthesia (GN) may cause thoracic surgery patients to lose consciousness and block the Central Nervous System (CNS). The present investigation was carried out to assess the combined effects of the local impact of epidural anaesthesia (EA) with GN in thoracic surgery. Materials and Methods: The investigation included 100 chest surgery participants. The 50 patients were randomly assigned untreated or investigational based on admission time. The investigating group got epidural and GN, whereas the untreated group received general. Both groupsʼ routine indicators, anaesthesia conditions and surgical side effects were assessed Results: Both groups had similar preoperative oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure and heart rate (p>0.05). The experimental group showed significant reductions in intraoperative and postoperative blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure and heart rate compared to the untreated group (p<0.05). A 32.6±3.4 mL inhaled anaesthetic dose, 9.46±3.61 min intraoperative eye-opening time and 18.13±6.29 min speech function recovery time were seen in the untreated group. Significantly higher than the investigational group (14.2±2.5 mL, 6.1 3±2.78 min) and 9.26±4.07 min, p<0.05 The experimental group had significantly less postoperative side effects than the untreated group (p<0.05). Conclusion: Epidural and GN increase thoracic surgery safety and effectiveness Key words: General anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, chest operation, central nervous system Citation: Lai, J., Z. Zhang, L. Xie, X. Liang, X. Liang, H. Zhou and Q. Pan, 2024. Evaluation of the combined effect of the local effect of epidural anesthesia with general anesthesia in thoracic surgery. Int. J. Pharmacol., 20: 742-747 Corresponding Author: QiuNing Pan, Department of Anaesthesia, Central Peopleʼs Hospital of Zhanjiang, No. 2 Cunjin Road, Chikan, Zhanjiang 524045, Guangdong, China Copyright: © 2024 JingSheng Lai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Competing Interest: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its supporting information files.

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[Summary: This page discusses the risks of thoracic surgery, including damage to nerves and hemodynamic fluctuations. It explains that GN is commonly used but may not fully block the surgical area, leading to rate and BP fluctuations. The study aims to examine the effectiveness of combining EA with GN. It details the materials and methods, including patient selection, ethical considerations, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and anesthesia methods for both groups.]

Int. J. Pharmacol., 20 (5): 742-747, 2024 INTRODUCTION During thoracic surgery, the restricted operating space increases the risk of damage to the thoracic innervation muscle tissue and the intercostal nerve. This can lead to overexcitation of the patientʼs vagus nerve, causing significant fluctuations in hemodynamics. These disturbances disrupt the bodyʼs internal environment and reduce the patientʼs ability to tolerate the surgery 1,2 . To ensure the smooth implementation of thoracic surgery, GN is usually adopted in clinical practice. Patients with GN during thoracic surgery can completely lose consciousness during surgery and inhibit the central nervous function of patients 3,4 . However, due to the large area of thoracic surgery, GN cannot completely block the surgical area, which can still lead to large fluctuations in the operative center rate and BP of patients with thoracic surgery 4,5 . In addition, although the anesthetic dose is effectively controlled during the implementation of GN, due to patientsʼ metabolic problems, the blood drug concentration is not easily controlled and the incidence of postoperative adverse reactions is high 6,7 . In recent years, some medical researchers have proposed that thoracic surgery patients should be combined with EA based on GN to improve the safety of surgical treatment 7 . In this research, an overall of 100 patients who had thoracic surgery and were admitted to Guangdong Zhanjiang Central Peopleʼs Hospital between April 2023 and December 2023 were selected as participants. The study intended to examine the effectiveness of combining EA with GN in thoracic surgery patients MATERIALS AND METHODS General data: Overall, 100 chest operation cases admitted to Guangdong Zhanjiang Central Peopleʼs Hospital between April, 2023 and December, 2023 were chosen as the objects of the study. Based on the admission time order, randomly they were classified as untreated group and investigational group, each group contains 50 cases. In the untreated group, there were 23 males and 27 females. Patients ranged in age from 18 to 79 years, with an average age of (44.8±6.5) years. There were 25 males and 25 females in the investigational group. Patients ranged in age from 19 to 78 years, with an average age of (43.5±6.3) years Ethical consideration: This research has received approval from the Ethics Committee of our hospital and all enrolled patients have provided a signed written informed consent The Ethics Committee of Zhanjiang Central Peopleʼs Hospital (No. GD 2023412) approved the investigation Inclusion and exclusion criteria Inclusion criteria: (1) All cases in this study required thoracic surgery and (2) All patients gave informed consent to this study Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with puncture site infection or puncture site lesions were excluded, (2) Exclude patients with confirmed blood system diseases, (3) Exclude patients with lumbar disc herniation, spinal deformity and lumbar and leg pain and (4) Exclude patients with confirmed mental illness or severe neurological disorder Method of anesthesia: The patient was placed in a horizontal position and pushed into the operating room. With the connection of monitoring equipment, medical staff should always contemplate to the alterations of important indicators like blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) of the patient and then prepare to implement GN. The control group underwent endotracheal intubation with drug induction. The specific induction drugs and dosage were as follows: 0.15 mg/kg dexmedetomidine, 2 mg/kg cisatracurium, 4 µg/kg sufentanil and 0.3 mg/kg etomidate. They were connected to anesthesia ventilator for assisted ventilation. During the respiratory control stage of the patient, an anesthesia machine was used and then the patient was given inhalation anesthesia, allowing the patient to inhale 1-2 g/L of heptafluoro and propofol with 0.01 g/L concentration was injected intravenously to maintain the state of GN until the operation was completed. When the patientʼs muscles showed relaxation, cisatracurium was injected intravenously. The experimental group underwent routine epidural puncture and the puncture location was selected at the interval of T 6-7. After a successful puncture, the patient was injected with 4 mL of 0.2 g/L lidocaine. If the patients did not feel total spinal anesthesia 5 min after the injection and the anesthesia plane of the patients did not meet the basic needs of the patients for surgery, these patients were maintained with the same induction anesthetic as the control group. After the surgery, the patient regained the ability to breathe on his own, could breathe without a breathing device and the blood oxygen saturation reached more than 95% before the intubation of the patient could be removed Observational index: (1) Blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and other indexes of the two groups were analyzed and compared before, during and after the operation; (2) Evaluate the basic situation of anesthesia in the 2 groups and 743

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[Summary: This page describes the statistical analysis methods used, including WPS 2019 and SPSS 26.0. It mentions the tests used for data comparison, such as the χ 2 test, t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test. It states that intra-operative and postoperative blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and mean arterial pressure of the investigational group were all lesser than the untreated group.]

Int. J. Pharmacol., 20 (5): 742-747, 2024 (3) The occurrence of postoperative side effects was compared among both groups Statistical analysis: The WPS 2019 software of Kingsoft was applied to organize the data of each stage into an Excel table and the statistical software SPSS 26.0 was imported for analysis and processing. Using the χ 2 test, the data were compared among groups. Measurement data were represented by ( χ¯ ±sec). After the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, an independent sample t-test was employed for inter-group comparison for those meeting the normal distribution. Using the Mann-Whitney U test, compare those who did not conform to normal distribution. Comparison of intra-group count data and measurement data that did not conform to normal distribution by Wilcoxon signed rank sum test and comparison of intra-group measurement data that did conform to normal distribution by paired t-test. Measurement data comparison between groups was a bilateral test. The p<0.05 was regarded as statistically significant RESULTS Preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative hemodynamic changes comparison among both groups: The indexes of blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and mean arterial pressure of the 2 groups before, during and after surgery were analyzed and there was no remarkable variation among both groups before surgery (p>0.05). Intra-operative and postoperative blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and mean arterial pressure of the investigational group were all lesser than the untreated group and the variations between them were statistically significant (p<0.05). Specific results were displayed in Table 1 Comparison of the basic situation of anesthesia among both groups: In the untreated group, the dosage of inhaled anesthetic drugs was (33.5±4.2) mL, the intraoperative eye-opening time was (9.38±3.42) min and the speech function recovery time was (17.68±6.41) min. Other indexes were remarkably greater compared to those of the experimental group (16.3±2.1) mL, (6.02±2.14) min and (9.46±4.21) min and the variations were statistically significant (p<0.05), as shown in Table 2 Comparison of the occurrence of postoperative side effects among both groups: An occurrence of postoperative side effects in the investigational group was remarkably lesser headache 2 (4.00%), nausea 3 (6.00%) and emesis 2 (4.00%) compared to the untreated group, with statistical significance (p<0.05), as shown in Table 3. The occurrence of side effects was showed 7 (14.00%) compared to the untreated group Table 1: Preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative hemodynamic changes comparison among both groups Index Hemodynamic changes Untreated group Investigational group t-value p-value Oxyhemoglobin saturation (%) Preoperative 94±3 94±4 2.45 >0.05 Intraoperative 95±5 94±5 8.96 <0.05 Postoperative 95±4 94±3 9.48 <0.05 Systolic pressure (mmHg) Preoperative 131.2±8.7 130.8±9.2 1.87 >0.05 Intraoperative 149.3±11.7 121.6±10.8 8.65 <0.05 Postoperative 134.5±12.8 124.5±8.9 9.42 <0.05 Diastolic pressure (mmHg) Preoperative 78.1±6.7 77.7±7.1 2.04 >0.05 Intraoperative 92.4±11.8 67.3±9.2 10.43 <0.05 Postoperative 80.3±7.8 72.3±8.5 11.26 <0.05 Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) Preoperative 94.7±6.5 94.9±6.8 2.57 >0.05 Intraoperative 125.6±10.4 82.9±11.7 12.14 <0.05 Postoperative 104.2±9.5 89.5±8.7 13.62 <0.05 Heart rate (times/min) Preoperative 71.8±6.4 71.2±5.8 3.11 >0.05 Intraoperative 95.4±7.3 74.8±8.9 9.67 <0.05 Postoperative 89.5±10.4 80.2±9.6 10.48 <0.05 Table 2: Comparison of the basic situation of anesthesia among both groups Group Cases Dosage of inhaled anesthetic drugs (mL) Eye-opening time (min) Language function recovery time (min) Untreated group n = 50 32.6±3.4 9.46±3.61 18.13±6.29 Experimental group n = 50 14.2±2.5 6.13±2.78 9.26±4.07 t-value 9.51 10.13 8.25 p-value <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 744

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Int. J. Pharmacol., 20 (5): 742-747, 2024 Table 3: Comparison of the occurrence of postoperative side effects among both groups Groups Cases Headache (%) Nausea (%) Emesis (%) Occurrence of side effects (%) Untreated group n = 50 8 (16.00) 9 (18.00) 7 (14.00) 24 (48.00) Investigational group n = 50 2 (4.00 3 (6.00) 2 (4.00) 7 (14.00) χ 2 value 6.785 p-value <0.05 DISCUSSION During thoracic surgery, the heart, lungs and other organs are protected by the ribs, so to successfully carry out cardiopulmonary surgery, an intercostal retractor should be used to pull the ribs and the ribs are prone to damage in the process of pulling the ribs 7,8 . In addition, the operation space of thoracic surgery is limited, the operation scope is wide and the incision nerve innervates rich muscles during the operation, which is easy to cause stress reactions in patients like elevated BP, accelerated heart rate and hemodynamic fluctuations like heart rate and blood pressure, which is very unfavourable to the smooth development of thoracic surgery 9,10 . To reduce the stress caused by sexual stimulation in patients with breast surgery operations, mainly adopt the mode of GN. The GN was also widely applied in clinical anesthesia and the anesthetic way through inhalation and intravenous drip anesthesia drug delivery will anesthetic drug into the patientʼs body, but the GN to dose often cannot get effective control 10,11 . Because traditional GN only blocks the projection response of the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus and limbic system, it cannot completely reduce the interference and injury caused by the operation on the body so that it does not excite the sympathetic nervous system. This often causes the patientʼs sympathetic nervous system to be excited, which leads to the increased release of the patientʼs adrenal hormones and catecholamines, which raises the heart rate and BP of the patient, which will seriously affect the operation 12-14 To inhibit the excitation of the sympathetic nervous system, it is necessary to increase the use of anesthetic agents, which will lead to a slow recovery of postoperative consciousness and be prone to postoperative adverse reactions and complications 14 The combined effect of GN with EA can not only block the above projective response of GN, but also block the transmission of injury stimuli to the sympathetic nervous center and decrease the excitement of the sympathetic nervous system 15,16 . The combined effect of EA with GN can significantly decrease the use of anesthetic agents, significantly reduce the appearance of cardiovascular adverse symptoms caused by systemic drug anesthesia, reduce the negative pressure of the patientʼs heart during the operation, maintain good muscle relaxation, reduce the oxygen consumption of the myocardium and reduce the phenomenon of excessive intra-operative bleeding induced by a sudden rise in blood pressure and maintenance 17 . After surgery, the blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), heart rate, mean arterial pressure and other important indicators can be quickly restored to normal levels, which is conducive to postoperative recovery 18-20 This study explored the clinical efficacy of a combination of EA and GN for patients undergoing thoracic surgery. The results found that patients undergoing combination of EA and GN had no remarkable changes in blood oxygen saturation during surgery, while diastolic and systolic BP and mean arterial pressure all decreased and heart rate increased to a certain extent. However, the range of changes is not enough to threaten patientsʼ lives and is within an acceptable range However, the blood oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic BP, mean arterial pressure and heart rate of patients using GN alone increased and accelerated significantly and the changes were more significant, especially when the systolic BP reached (149.3±11.7) mmHg during the operation and the heart rate reached (95.4±7.3 times/min), which was more dangerous during the operation. It is a major interference in the lives and safety of patients This indicates the safety and feasibility of a combination of EA with GN in thoracic surgery, which can reduce the risk At the same time, patients using GN combined with EA used a small amount of inhaled anesthesia drugs, only (14.2±2.5 mL), thus reducing the adverse effects of drugs on the body and speeding up the intra-operative eye-opening time and speech function recovery time, which also indicated the safety and reliability of this anesthesia method and could calm the anxious mood of patientsʼ families. Help to deal with and prevent disputes between doctors and patients. The study results are similar to those of previous scholars in their experience with the combination of EA with GN for chest surgery, which all indicate the advantages of GN combined with EA 21,22 . In addition, a combination of EA with GN can reduce the intra-operative additional dose of related drugs and reduce the incidence of postoperative adverse reactions 23,24 . Previous clinical studies have shown that the occurrence in the investigational group with EA combined 745

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[Summary: This page concludes that combining EA and GN offers benefits for thoracic surgery patients. It notes minimal vital sign changes, brief anesthesia fading, and low side effects. The study intended to determine the combined effect that EA and GN have on thoracic reconstruction. The acknowledgement and references are also on this page.]

Int. J. Pharmacol., 20 (5): 742-747, 2024 with GN is remarkably lesser compared to the untreated group with GN and the research results were compatible with the study results 11,25,26 CONCLUSION The combination of EA and GN for cases undergoing thoracic surgery offers clear benefits. The changes in various vital signs of patients during surgery are minimal, the duration of intra-operative anaesthesia fading is brief and the incidence of side effects is low, indicating a high level of safety and dependability SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Patients who are undergoing thoracic surgery may have loss of consciousness and a blockage of the central nervous system as a result of general anaesthesia. This research was conducted with the intention of determining the combined effect that EA and GN have on thoracic reconstruction. In conclusion, the usage of epidural epidural anaesthesia in conjunction with general anaesthesia for patients having thoracic surgery offers a number of obvious benefits. In general, it is safe and dependable since the changes that occur in various important indicators of patients during surgery are modest, the amount of time it takes for the anaesthesia to wear off during the operation is brief and the number of adverse effects that occur is limited ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors acknowledge the facilities offered by the higher authorities REFERENCES 1 Xu, Z.Z., H.J. Li, M.H. Li, S.M. Huang and X. Li et al ., 2021 Epidural anesthesia-analgesia and recurrence-free survival after lung cancer surgery: A randomized trial. Anesthesiology, 135: 419-432 2 Yan, H., W. Chen, Y. Chen, H. Gao and Y. Fan et al ., 2023 Opioid-free versus opioid-based anesthesia on postoperative pain after thoracoscopic surgery: The use of intravenous and epidural esketamine. Anesth. Analg., 137: 399-408 3 Onoe, K., H. Ogata, T. Okamoto, H. Okutani and R. Ueki et al ., 2022. Association between thoracic epidural block and major complications after pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma under general anesthesia. Reg. Anesth. Pain Med., 47: 494-499 4 Raft, J. and P. Richebé, 2019. Anesthesia for thoracic ambulatory surgery. Curr. Opin. Anaesthesiology, 32: 735-742 5 Hamilton, C., P. Alfille, J. Mountjoy and X. Bao, 2022. Regional anesthesia and acute perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery: A narrative review. J. Thoracic Dis., 14: 2276-2296 6 Li, Y., H. Dong, S. Tan, Y. Qian and W. Jin, 2019. Effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia/analgesia on the stress response, pain relief, hospital stay, and treatment costs of patients with esophageal carcinoma undergoing thoracic surgery: A singlecenter, randomized controlled trial. Medicine, Vol. 98 10.1097/MD.0000000000014362 7 Zhang, W., X. Cong, L. Zhang, M. Sun and B. Li et al ., 2020 Effects of thoracic nerve block on perioperative lung injury, immune function, and recovery after thoracic surgery Clin. Transl. Med., Vol. 10. 10.1002/ctm 2.38 8 Medina, M., S.R. Foiles, M. Francois, C.V. Asche, J. Ren, D.K. Mueller and R.C. Anderson, 2019. Comparison of cost and outcomes in patients receiving thoracic epidural versus liposomal bupivacaine for video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. Am. J. Surg., 217: 520-524 9 Homma, T., Y. Shimada and K. Tanabe, 2022. Decreased postoperative complications, neuropathic pain and epidural anesthesia-free effect of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection: A single-center initial experience of 100 cases. J. Thorac. Dis., 14: 3154-3166 10. Xie, H., J. Zhou, W. Du, S. Zhang, R. Huang, Q. Han and Q. Guo, 2019. Impact of thoracic paravertebral block combined with general anesthesia on postoperative cognitive function and serum adiponectin levels in elderly patients undergoing lobectomy. Videosurgery Miniinv, 14: 538-544 11. Pi, J., Y. Sun, Z. Zhang and C. Wan, 2019. Combined anesthesia shows better curative effect and less perioperative neuroendocrine disorder than general anesthesia in early stage NSCLC patients. J. Int. Med. Res., 47: 4743-4752 12. Szabo, Z., C. Fabo, A. Oszlanyi, F. Hawchar, T. Géczi, J. Lantos and J. Furák, 2022. Anesthetic (r)evolution from the conventional concept to the minimally invasive techniques in thoracic surgery-Narrative review J. Thorac. Dis., 14: 3045-3060 13. Nobukuni, K., M. Hatta, T. Nakagaki, J. Yoshino, T. Obuchi and N. Fujimura, 2021. Retrolaminar versus epidural block for postoperative analgesia after minor video-assisted thoracic surgery: A retrospective, matched, non-inferiority study J. Thorac. Dis., 13: 2758-2767 14. Zhang, S., X. Han, D. Zhou, M. Sun, J. Cang, C. Miao and C. Liang, 2021. The effects of erector spinae plane block on perioperative opioid consumption and rehabilitation in video assisted thoracic surgery. BMC Anesthesiol., Vol. 21 10.1186/s 12871-021-01536-x 746

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[Summary: This page lists references for the study, citing various articles related to anesthesia techniques in thoracic surgery, pain management, and related topics. The references cover a range of journals and publication years, providing context for the current research within the broader field of thoracic anesthesia.]

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