Objective To analyze the effect of different anesthesia methods for postoperative patients with abdominal operation on cognitive function .Methods A total of 418 patients with abdominal operation in this hospital were randomly divided into 5 groups(A -E) according to random numbers table ,different anesthesia methods were used before and after operation in patients . The cognitive function were analyzed and evaluated by MMSE scale .Results The influence of different ways of anesthesia on cog-nitive function in patients persistent to operation after third days still existed .The cognitive scores of patients in group B 3 hours af-ter operation were highest ,the occurrence rate of cognitive dysfunction postoperative were minimum .Conclusion The compound general anesthesia method by remifentanil and sevoflurane have minimal effects for cognitive function postoperative on abdominal operation patients .