Evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture to prevent nausea and vomiting that usually occured to thyroidectomy patients
- Conditions
- Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- KCT0001782
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyung Hee University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Although additional acupuncture treatment did not show superiority for the prevention of PONV in interim analysis, it may need to wait for final analysis with expecting potential possibilities of acupuncture.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Terminated
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 58
1) Female patients aged 19 to 65 years
2) Patients who will receive thyroidectomy at Kyung Hee Universtiy Medical Center
3) Patients who signed consent form after a clear explanation of the purpose and characteristics of the clinical trial
1) Patients with BMI over 25
2) Patients under treatment with GERD
3) Patients take antiemetics
4) Patients treated with gastrointestinal sypmtom within 48 hours of operation
5) Patients take sedatives or antipyschotic medicine within 48 hours of operation
6) Patients take steroid within 48 hours of operation
7) Patients with diabetes mellitus type 1, 2 under treatment
8) Patients diagnosed with glaucoma
9) Patients received lateral neck dissecion combined with thyroidectomy
10) Pathents with history of neck surgery
11) Pregnant women or lactating women or planning pregnancy during study period
12) Patients received acupuncture therapy withing 6 weeks of operation
13) Patients that have deemed inadequate for participation by research investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Occurence of nausea and vomiting
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of nausea and vomiting (11 - point NRS);Length of hospitalization;Postoperative complication;Complication related to the acupuncture;Evaluation of acupuncture safety;Rescue antiemetic drug