Effect of acupuncture combined with general anesthesia on cognitive function and related inflammatory factors in elderly patients with tumor resection
LIU Zhi TENG Yongjie
Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hu′nan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hu′nan Province, Changsha 410007, China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of acupuncture combined with general anesthesia on cognitive function and related inflammatory factors in elderly patients underwent tumor resection. Methods A total of 98 elderly patients underwent tumor resection in the First Affiliated Hospital of Hu′nan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June 2015 to December 2016 were enrolled. The patients were divided into two groups according to the random number table method, each group had 49 cases. Patients in the control group were treated with general anesthesia. Patients in the observation group were treated with acupuncture combined with general anesthesia. All patients were scored by mini-mental state examination (MMSE) at 1 day before operation, 1 day after operation and 3 days after operation. The incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) was calculated. The levels of serum TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) before operation, at operation completed, 24 h and 48 h after operation. Results The MMSE scores of the observation group were significantly higher than those of the control group at 1 day and 3 days after operation, the incidence rates of POCD were lower than those of the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in the two groups at operation completed, 24 h and 48 h after operation were significantly higher than those before operation, and the observation group were lower than those of the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture combined with general anesthesia can reduce the incidence of POCD in elderly patients underwent tumor resection. The mechanism may be related to the decrease of the levels of serum TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in patients.
刘智 滕永杰. 针刺复合全麻对老年肿瘤切除术患者术后认知功能及相关炎症因子的影响[J]. 中国医药导报, 2017, 14(22): 76-79.
LIU Zhi TENG Yongjie. Effect of acupuncture combined with general anesthesia on cognitive function and related inflammatory factors in elderly patients with tumor resection. 中国医药导报, 2017, 14(22): 76-79.