Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane on the anesthesia effect of transverse abdominis plane block with ropivacaine in patients with uterine fibroids.Methods A total of 86 patients undergoing laparoscopic myomectomy in our hospital from June 2020 to June 2022 were selected and divided into study group (n = 43) and control group (n = 43) according to the random number table method. The control group received general anesthesia combined with transverse abdominis plane block with ropivacaine, and the study group was additionally given sevoflurane. Time to recovery from anesthesia, time to recovery of spontaneous breathing, time to extubation, dosage of remifentanil and the incidence of complications were compared between the two groups. The heart rate and mean arterial pressure before anesthesia induction (T0), before surgical incision making (T1), 10 min after surgical incision making (T2), and at the end of the surgery (T3) and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score 2 h, 6 h, 12 h and 24 h after the surgery were compared. Besides, serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) before the surgery, at the end of the surgery and 24 h after the surgery were measured via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results The time to recovery from anesthesia, recovery of spontaneous breathing and time to extubation in the study group were shorter than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The heart rate and the mean arterial pressure at T0, T1, T2 and T3 in the study group and the control group were compared, and the results exhibited that they were different among the time points (P < 0.05) and between the groups (P < 0.05). The heart rate and mean arterial pressure were higher at T1 and lower at T2 and T3. Besides, the change trends of the heart rate and the mean arterial pressure were different between the study group and the control group (P < 0.05). The VAS scores 2 h, 6 h, 12 h and 24 h after the surgery in the two groups were compared, and the results demonstrated that the VAS scores were different at distinct time points (P < 0.05) and between the study group and the control group (P < 0.05). The VAS scores 6 h, 12 h and 24 h after the surgery were lower in the study group, and there were differences in the change trends of VAS scores between the study group and the control group (P < 0.05). The levels of TNF-α and IL-6 before the surgery, at the end of the surgery and 24 h after the surgery were also compared, which suggested that they were different among the time points (P < 0.05) and between the study group and the control group (P < 0.05). Specifically, the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 after the surgery and 24 h after the surgery were lower in the study group. The change trends of the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 were different between the two groups as well (P < 0.05). There was no difference in the overall incidence of complications between the two groups (P > 0.05). The dosage of remifentanil was lower in the study group than in the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusions Inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane shortens the time to recovery from anesthesia, stabilizes the hemodynamics, relieves postoperative pain, reduces the dosage of anesthetics, and decreases the release of inflammatory factors in patients with uterine fibroids undergoing transverse abdominis plane block with ropivacaine.