Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of perioperative anxiety on serum MPO, LXA4 and vascular endothelial function for elderly patients with esophageal cancer. Methods Totally 60 elderly patients with esophageal cancer combined anxiety admitted into our hospital from October 2015 to October 2016 were involved in this study. Patients were randomly divided into observation group and control group (n = 30). All patients received standard radical surgery. Additional anti-anxiety therapy was introduced in observation group. The changes of anxiety, serum levels of MPO, LXA4, vascular endothelial function, and the prognosis of 6 monthspre andpost treatment were recorded. Results Patients in observation group experienced significantly decreased levels of SAS score, MPO, LXA4 and ET when compared with control group (P < 0.05), while concentrations of NO, FMD and GTN were increased significantly in observation group when compared with that in control group (P < 0.05). Treatment of anxiety induced dramatically decrease of SAS score, MPO and LXA4 as well as improved prognosis when compared with that prior to any anti-anxiety intervention. Conclusions Anti-anxiety intervention eliminates perioperatively negative emotions and improve prognosis of elderly patients with esophageal cancer combined with anxiety.