Objective:

One-lung ventilation may cause negative changes in the oxygenation of cerebral tissue which results in post-operative cognitive dysfunction. We compared the potential effects of total intravenous anesthesia and inhalation general anesthesia techniques on cerebral tissue oxygenation

Materials and methods:

In this prospective double-blind trial, patients whose standard anesthesia induction was done were randomly divided into two groups as group total intravenous anesthesia using propofol (Group T, n = 30) and group inhalation general anesthesia using sevoflurane (Group I, n = 30) based on anesthesia maintenance. The intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation and pre-post-operative mini-mental status test scores of the patients were monitored and recorded.

Results:

Baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups. The decrease of cerebral oxygen saturation more than 20% in total intravenous anesthesia group was significantly higher than inhalation group (p < 0.05). In both groups, the mini-mental status test values at the post-operative 3rd h were significantly lower than the pre-operative and post-operative 24th h values (p < 0.05).

Conclusions:

Inhalation general anesthesia provided better cerebral tissue oxygenation in thoracic surgery with one-lung ventilation compared to total intravenous anesthesia. However, there was no significant correlation between the presence of desaturation and post-operative cognitive dysfunction

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