Abstract:Objective To observe the effect of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane(ESP) block on postoperative analgesia and cellular immunity in patients undergoing lobectomy performed via video-assisted thoracoscope.Methods Ninety patients (ASA physical status Ⅰ~Ⅲ), scheduled for elective video-assisted thoracoscopic labectomy, were randomly assigned into three groups, intravenous anesthesia group (group C), paravertebral block combined with intravenous anesthesia group (group P) and ESP block combined with intravenous anesthesia group (group E). The group P and E were given the paravertebral block and ESP block by ultrasound-guided in the T5 before general anesthesia, and the effect was evaluated by testing the area of block, the patients of three groups were given PCIA. The mean arterial pressure (MAP) and HR were recorded at the time of entering operating room (T0), before induction of anaesthesia (T1), the instant of skin incision (T2) and the end of the surgery (T3). NRS (R) (rest NRS score) and NRS (M) (movement NRS) were recorded at 2 h (T4), 8 h (T5), 12 h (T6), 24 h (T7) and 48 h (T8) after operation. 5 mL venous blood samples were collected at T0, T3, T7, T8 respectively, flow cytometry was used to detect the number of NK cells and the ratio of Th1/Th2. Recorded the frequency for compress PCIA, the total volume of analgesic drugs, the consumption of tramadol, and the postoperative adverse reactions.Results Compared with T0, the patients of group P showed a decrease in MAP and increase of HR at T1 (P < 0.05), and the HR and MAP of group C was higher in the time of T2 , T3 (P < 0.05); Compared with group C, The MAP and HR of group P and E was lower than the group C in the time of T2 , T3 (P < 0.05), compared with group P, the MAP of group C and group E was higher than the group P and the HR was lower in the time of T1 , (P < 0.05). The score of NRS (R) in the groups of P and E were lower than goup C at the time of T4~T6 (P < 0.05), the score of NRS (R) in the group of E was lower than group C at the time of T7 (P < 0.05); The score of NRS(M) in the groups of P and E were lower than group C at the time of T4~T6 (P < 0.05); There was no significant different in pain scores between the group P and group E at the timeT4~T8, Compare with T0 , the number of NK cells and the ratio of Th1/Th2 were significantly lower in the time of T3, T7, T8 (P < 0.05), the number of NK cells and the ratio of Th1/Th2 in group E and P were significantly higher than the group C (P < 0.05), there was no significant difference between the group E and P (P > 0.05). The dose of remifentanil in the operation, compress PCA numbers, volume of analgesic drugs and the consumption of tramadol in the groups of P and E were significantly less than group C (P < 0.05), and there was no statistically difference between group E and P (P > 0.05). The incidence of postoperative hypotension was higher in the group P than the groups E and group C (P < 0.05); The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting of group E and group P were lower than group C (P < 0.05).Conclusion Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block was similar to that of paravertebral nerve block on postoperative pain and cellular immunity fuction in patients with lobectomy under thoracoscope, but less influence of the blood pressure to the patients.