Abstract:Objective To observe Dexmedetomidine combined with comprehensive temperature protection on the quality and immune function of elderly patients underwent endoscopic surgery for malignant tumor during recovery temperature protection on the quality of recovery.Methods 90 elderly patients underwent laparoscopic malignant tumor surgery were randomly divided into three groups: control group (group C), temperature protection group (group T) and temperature protection combined with Dexmedetomidine group (group T-D), 30 cases in each. Thermal insulation in routine operation were adopted in group C, while in group T and group T-D comprehensive temperature protection measures were employed. In groupT-D, Dexmedetomidine were given intravenously at 0.5 μg/kg 10 min before anesthesia induction. The nasopharyngeal temperature was recorded at the beginning of anesthesia (T0), 30 min (T1), 60 min (T2), 90 min (T3) and 120 min surgery (T4), at the end of surgery (T5). Venous blood samples were extracted at T0, 2 h after operation (T6), 24 h after operation (T7), 48 h after operation (T8) for detection of T lymphocyte subsets (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+) and natural killer (NK) cells levels. Intraoperative amount of anesthetic drugs and quality indicators of recovery period were recorded.Results Compared with T0, the nasopharyngeal temperature in group C at T2 ~ T5 time points was significantly decreased (P < 0.05), the nasopharyngeal temperature in group T and group T-D at T2 ~ T5 time points was obviously higher than those of in group C (P < 0.05). Compared with T0, the levels of CD3+ and NK cells in group C, group T and group T-D were significantly decreased at T6、T7、T8 (P < 0.05). The levels of CD4+ at T6、T7、T8 in group C, at T6, T7 in group T and group T-D were significantly decreased (P < 0.05). Compared with group C, the levels of CD3+ at T6, T7 in group T and group T-D were obviously increased (P < 0.05). The levels of CD4+ at T7 in group T, at T6, T7 in group T-D were obviously higher than those in group C (P < 0.05). The levels of NK cells, at T7 in group T, at T6、T7 and T8 in group T-D were obviously higher than those in group C (P < 0.05).Conclusion Body temperature protection combined with Dexmedetomidine can maintain a stable body temperature, reduce the occurrence of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia (IPH), effectively improve the quality of recovery period and alleviate the inhibitory degree of the cellular immune function in elderly patients underwent laparoscopic malignant tumor surgery, thus, it can further promote earlier recovery.