Abstract:Objective Patients underwent laparoscopic hepatectomy surgery under controlled low central venous pressure (CLCVP) may be at risk for adverse neurologic events due to cerebral ischemia. In this study, we sought to determine the incidence of cerebral desaturation events (CDE) during laparoscopic hepatectomy surgery under CLCVP.Methods 94 patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic hepatectomy were randomly divided into CLCVP group (group A) and non CLCVP group (group B), 47 patients in each group. Total intravenous anesthesia were used for the two groups of patients. The hemodynamic changes, the regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) and vasoactive drug use were recorded before operation (T0), 5 min after tracheal intubation (T1), 5 min after 30° head high foot low position (T2), 5 min after skin incision (T3), 5 min before hepatectomy (T4) (group A controlled the CVP within 5 cmH2O, group B controlled the CVP within the normol range), 5 min after hepatectomy procedure (T5), and at the end of operation (T6). The incidence of CDE, extubation time, post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) recovery time, visual analogue scale (VAS) ≥ 4, postoperative agitation, nausea and vomiting were recorded.Results The mean arterial pressure (MAP) in two groups at T4 , T5 and T6 were lower than those at T0, and the vaule of group A decreased more significantly at T4 than group B, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The rSO2 in two groups at T4, T5 and T6 were lower than those at T1, and the decrease in group A was more obvious, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The incidence of CDE in group A was higher (35.6% and 4.3%, P = 0.001), and the incidence of vasoconstrictor using in group A was higher (48.9% and 19.6%, P = 0.003). The incidence of nausea and vomiting in group A was higher than that in group B (26.7% vs 8.7%, P = 0.024).Conclusion Laparoscopic hepatectomy with CLCVP is associated with significantly reductions in rSO2 compared with values obtained in the conventional laparoscopic hepatectomy, CLCVP is associated with high incidence of intraoperative CDE.