Abstract:Objective To explore the application of ropivacaine local infiltration anesthesia combined with patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) for postoperative analgesia and its influences on pain stress indexes in elderly patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).Methods 518 elderly patients underwent LC under general anesthesia in the hospital were retrospectively enrolled from January 2020 to October 2023. According to different analgesia regimens, they were divided into group A (n = 316, ropivacaine local infiltration anesthesia combined with PCIA) and group B (n = 202, PCIA). The perioperative anesthesia indexes, scores of visual analogue scale (VAS) and Ramsay sedation after surgery, dosage of PCIA drug, hemodynamics, pain stress indexes [adrenaline (AD), norepinephrine (NE), cortisol (Cor)] and adverse events at 24 h after surgery were compared between the two groups.Results There were no differences in anesthesia time, recovery time, extubation time or intraoperative dosages of main anesthetics (dexmedetomidine, remifentanil and cisatracurium besilate) between the two groups (P > 0.05). Rest VAS and motion VAS in group A were lower than those in group B at 6, 12 and 24 h after surgery, Ramsay sedation scale were higher than those in group B at 12 and 24 h after surgery, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05), dosage of PCIA drug and effective compression times were lower than those in group B at 24 h after surgery, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). There was no difference in percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) level between the two groups (P > 0.05). The levels of mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), AD, NE and Cor in group A were lower than those in group B, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). There was no difference of adverse events rate between the two groups at 24 h after surgery (P > 0.05).Conclusion Ropivacaine Calot's triangle block combined with PCIA for postoperative analgesia can effectively reduce rest VAS and motion VAS, improve sedation effect, maintain hemodynamics balance and reduce levels of pain stress factors in elderly patients after LC, with good safety.