Abstract:Objective To determine the effect of ropivacaine-assisted dezocine anesthesia on recovery and stress responses during the period in patients undergoing supratentorial tumor resection. Methods Sixty patients undergoing supratentorial tumor resection in our hospital from March 2017 to May 2019 were recruited in this study. They were randomly divided into study group (n=30) and control group (n=30). All groups were treated with general anesthesia. The patients of the control group received 20 ml of saline infiltration in 10min before incision, and intravenous injection of 10mg dezocine in 30min before the end of surgery. While, those of the study group received ropivacaine infiltration and 10mg dezocine at the same time points, respectively. The heart rate (HR), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), levels of agonistic indices, including epinephrine (E), norepinephrine (NE), cortisol (Cor), glucose (Glu) before anesthesia (T0), end of the operation (T1), extubation immediately (T2), and 30min after extubation (T3) were compared between the 2 groups. The incidence rate of hypotension, usage of vasoactive drugs, anesthesia recovery, incidence of adverse reactions, anesthesia recovery sedation-agitation scale (SAS), pain degree score (visual analogue scale, VAS) were also recorded and compared. SPSS statistics 23.0 was used for analysis. According to the data types, Student′s t test or Chi-square test was applied forcomparison between two groups. Results At T0, there were no significant differences in HR, DBP, SBP, and levels of E, NE, Cor and Glu between the 2 groups (P>0.05). At T1, T2 and T3, the above indices in the study group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). Compared with T0, no significant changes were observed in the above indices at T1, T2 and T3 in the study group (P>0.05), but obvious changes were seen in the control group (P<0.05). The incidence of hypotension was 20.00%(6/30) in the control group and 6.67%(2/30) in the study group, though no significant difference between them (Chi-square=1.298, P=0.255). The cases taking vasoactive drugs such as NE, dopamine and ephedrine were 4,4 and 10 cases respectively in the control group, and 0,2 and 2 cases in the study group. There were significant differences in the proportion of taking vasoactive drugs between them (Chi-square=6.667, P=0.010). The study group had significantly shorter time of tracheal extubation [(15.41±3.20) and (24.02±4.93)min, t=8.024, P<0.001] and time of anesthesia recovery [(10.67±3.38) and (15.24±4.26)min, t=4.603, P<0.001], longer duration of analgesic effect [(11.73±1.59) and (7.91±1.28)h, t=10.250, P<0.001], decreased SAS score [(3.82±0.41) and (5.06±0.50), t=10.504, P<0.001) and VAS score [(2.25±0.21) and (4.30±0.36), t=26.941, P<0.001], and lower incidence of adverse reactions [10.00%(3/30) and 33.33%(10/30), Chi-square=4.812, P=0.028]during the recovery period when compared with the control group. Conclusion Ropivacaine-assisted dezocine anesthesia for supratentorial tumor resection can promote recovery after anesthesia, stabilize hemodynamics and reduce stress responses during recovery period, improve sedative and analgesic effects, and reduce adverse reactions.