Abstract:Objective To investigate the impact of permissive hypercapnia (PHC) on cerebral oxygen saturation in patients undergoing laparoscopic partial hepatectomy with controlled low central venous pressure (CVP).Methods Seventy cases of patients undergoing selective laparoscopic partial hepatectomy from January 2023 to August 2024 in our hospital were selected and randomly divided into the Group C (normal PaCO2) and the Group H (permissive hypercapnia), each with 35 cases. After tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, PaCO2 was maintained at 35-45 mmHg in the Group C and 50-60 mmHg in the Group H. Controlled low CVP technique was applied intraoperatively, maintaining CVP below 5 cmH2O until the completion of liver resection. The regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2), bispectral index (BIS), blood gas parameters and hemodynamic indices (PETCO2, CVP, MAP, HR and SpO2) of the two groups were compared before anesthesia (T0), immediately before pneumoperitoneum (T1), 5 min after reverse Trendelenburg position (T2), 5 min after the first hepatic hilum clamping (T3), 5 min after the end of hepatectomy (T4) and at the end of surgery (T5). The Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) was used to compare the cognitive function between two groups at 1 day before surgery, 3 days after surgery and 7 days after surgery. The operative duration, intraoperative blood loss, total hepatic hilum clamping time, extubation time, length of hospital stays and complications of the two groups were compared.Results Group H exhibited significantly shorter extubation time and length of hospital stays compared to Group C (P < 0.05). The hemodynamic parameters of the two groups were compared at time points T0-T5, which demonstrated differences in CVP, MAP, HR, SpO2, PETCO2, rSO2, and BIS across the time points (P < 0.05) and differences in PETCO2 and rSO2 between the two groups (P < 0.05). The change trends of PETCO2 and rSO2 between the two groups were also significantly different (P < 0.05). The comparison of arterial blood gas parameters at T0-T5 showed that the PaCO?, PaO2, and Lac and Hb levels were different across the time points (P < 0.05) and that the PaCO2 differed significantly between the two groups (P < 0.05). The change trend of PaCO2 was also different between the two groups (P < 0.05). The MMSE score in the Group H was significantly higher than that in the Group C (P < 0.05). No significant differences were found between the two groups in the incidence of intraoperative massive bleeding or postoperative nausea and vomiting (P > 0.05).Conclusion PHC can increase cerebral oxygen saturation in patients undergoing laparoscopic partial hepatectomy with controlled low CVP, improve early postoperative cognitive function, and exert a certain neuroprotective effect.