Abstract:Abstract: Objective?To evaluate the impact of Dexmedetomidine on postoperative cognitive function in elderly patients underwent thoracoscopic surgery under wireless analgesia.?Methods?80 elderly patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgery from Jan 2017 to June 2018 were randomly divided into D + S group (40 cases) and S group (40 cases). Sufentanil were added into the wireless patient controlled-analgesia pump as a controlled group. In the D + S group, Dexmedetomidine were combined with sufentanil used in the Wireless patient-controlled analgesia, and the preoperative and postoperative simple mental scale (MMSE) score, VAS scores of postoperative pain, and peripheral blood IL-1 , IL-6 and TNF-α expression levels as well as adverse reactions were compared in different time point between different groups.?Results?There was no significant difference in the MMSE scores between the D + S group on the day before surgery, at day 5 and 7 after surgery (P > 0.05). The MMSE scores in the D + S group were significantly higher than those in the S group at 1 day and 3 days after operation (P < 0.05). The VAS scores of pain on 6 h and 12 h were significantly lower than those of S group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in pain VAS score between the two groups 24 and 48 hours after operation (P > 0.05). The day before surgery, at day 5 and 7 after operation, there was no significant difference in the expression levels of IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α between the two groups (P > 0.05). The expression levels of IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly different at day 1 and 3 after operation (P < 0.05). The incidence of nausea in D + S group was significantly lower than that in S group (P < 0.05), while the incidence of bradycardia was higher than that in S group (P < 0.05), but the incidence of vomiting and urinary retention was not significantly different between the two groups (P > 0.05).?Conclusion?Dexmedetomidine can not only effectively improve postoperative pain and cognitive function in elderly patients underwent thoracoscopic, but also reduce postoperative inflammatory levels.