Abstract:Objective To observe the perioperative efficacy and safety of epidural anesthesia combined with low-dose intravenous anesthesia in total hip arthroplasty. ?Methods? Seventy-four patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty in our department from January 2016 to December 2018 were enrolled. The patients were divided into observation group and control group according to random number method, with 37 cases in each group. Continuous epidural anesthesia was used in the control group, while the observation group was treated with epidural anesthesia combined with low-dose intravenous anesthesia. The general conditions of the operation, perioperative hemodynamic changes, and the occurrence of adverse reactions were observed. ?Results? The levels of SPO2, PetCO2 and Ppeak were observed before anesthesia, right after anesthesia, at skin incision, right after surgery and 30 min after surgery, and no significant difference was found among different time points or between the two groups (P > 0.05). The heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) at distinct time points and between the two groups were significantly different, and the change trends of HR and MAP were as well different between the observation group and control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in anesthesia time between the two groups (P > 0.05). The visual analogue scale (VAS) scores in the control group 24 h and 48 h after operation were significantly higher than those in the observation group (P < 0.05). The incidence of nausea, vomiting and bradycardia in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05).?Conclusions?Epidural anesthesia combined with low-dose intravenous anesthesia can maintain intraoperative hemodynamic stability and has a good therapeutic efficacy in total hip arthroplasty.