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The primary outcomes were subjective sleep quality assessed with the Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire (LSEQ). The secondary outcomes included the objective sleep quality measured with the Acti-graph, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The other outcomes included the incidence of delirium, levels of inflammatory factors, visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores, postoperative opioid consumption, and treatment-related adverse events.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> 174 patients were screened for eligibility, and 110 were recruited and analyzed. The DEX group had significantly higher scores on both the LSEQ-Getting to sleep and LSEQ-Quality of Sleep at each time point compared to the placebo (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001), The least squares (LS) mean difference in LSEQ-GTS score at T0 between placebo group and DEX group was 2 (95% CI, \u22121\u20136), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.4071 and at T5 was \u221214 (95% CI, \u221217 to \u221210), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001; The LS mean difference in the LSEQ-QOS score at T0 was \u22121 (95% CI, \u22124 to 1), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.4821 and at T5 was \u221216 (95% CI, \u221221 to \u221210), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001. The DEX group exhibited significant improvement in Total Sleep Time (TST), Sleep Onset Latency (SOL), and Sleep Efficiency (SE), at each time point after treatment compared to the placebo group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.0001). The PSQI and ISI scores in the DEX group were reduced after treatment (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). 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