Background: Postoperative depression has a profound impact on patients' postoperative rehabilitation and overall quality of life. Preventing postoperative depression is of significant value because conventional antidepressants have a slow onset of action. Esketamine showed prompt and sustained antidepressant efficacy. Nevertheless, the safety and effectiveness of perioperative esketamine in preventing postoperative depression are still unknown. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the safety and effectiveness of perioperative intravenous esketamine in relation to its ability to prevent postoperative depression.

Materials And Methods: Randomized controlled trials were searched in the following databases: Web of Science, Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, PubMed, and Embase. The primary outcome assessed is the postoperative depression scores. Postoperative pain ratings and adverse effects constituted secondary outcomes. Subgroup analyses were carried out on the basis of multiple variables, including the absence or presence of preoperative depression, the mode of esketamine administration, the dosage of esketamine, and the type of anesthesia.

Results: A total of 16 studies encompassed 1161 patients who received esketamine intervention, whereas 1106 patients served as controls. Esketamine was efficacious in reducing postoperative depression scores when administered perioperatively, and the esketamine group maintained a lower postoperative depression score than the control group more than four weeks after surgery. Esketamine effectively alleviated postoperative pain scores without increasing the occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, nightmares, and dissociation.

Conclusion: The administration of esketamine during the perioperative has the potential to decrease postoperative depression and pain scores without increasing the incidence of adverse effects.

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