Abstract:Objective To explore the lung protective effect of pressure controlled ventilation-volume guaranteed (PCV-VG) combined with driving pressure (DP) guided lung protective ventilation strategy in patients undergoing thoracoscopic and laparoscopic radical esophagectomy.Methods 70 patients scheduled for elective thoracoscopic and laparoscopic radical esophagectomy were allocated into two groups using a random number table method: Conventional lung protective ventilation strategy group (group C) and DP guided lung protective ventilation strategy under PCV-VG mode group (group P), 35 case in each group. Peak airway pressure (Ppeak), plateau pressure (Pplat), dynamic compliance (Cdyn) and DP were compared between the two groups at 5 minutes after intubation (T1), 30 min after pneumoperitoneum established (T2), just prior to one lung ventilation (OLV) (T3), 30 min after OLV (T4), 60 min after OLV (T5) and 15 min from recovery of two lung ventilation (TLV) (T6). The blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2) and pH were recorded before anesthesia (T0), T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 time points. The occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) also recorded.Results Compared with group C, Ppeak in group P at T1, T2, T4, T5 and T6 time points was significantly decreased, and Cdyn was obviously increased, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). At the T1, T4, T5 and T6 time points, the DP was lower in group P compared to group C, and Pplat at T6 time point was lower than that in group C, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). At the time points of T4 and T5, the PaO2 in group P was higher than that in Group C, and the PaCO2 at T6 time point was also higher than that in group C, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The comparison of PaCO2 at T0, T2, T3, T4 and T5 time points of the two groups, the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Comparison of pH between the two groups, the difference was not statistically significant at all time points (P > 0.05). The systolic blood pressure (SBP) of group P was higher than that of group C at the T4 time point, and the diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was lower than that of group C at T6 time point, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05); There were no significant differences in SBP and DBP at T0, T2, T3 and T5 time points, and HR at each time point between the two groups (P > 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of PPCs within 7 d after operation between the two groups (P > 0.05).Conclusion DP guided lung protective ventilation strategy under PCV-VG mode can improve intraoperative respiratory mechanics, and increase oxygenation during OLV in patients undergoing thoracoscopic and laparoscopic radical esophagectomy, but it does not significantly affect the incidence of PPCs within 7 d after operation. It is worthy clinical significant.