Effect of acupuncture strategies on pain relief and gastrointestinal recovery after abdominal surgery
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- pain after abdominal surgery
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025579
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Mannheim
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
• Minimum age 18 years
• sufficient linguistic communication skills
• Locus dolendi with maximum pressure pain at points G1 to G6, VAS at least 3
Exclusion Criteria
Acupuncture experience for this indication
• pregnancy
• diabetic polyneuropathy
• Needle phobia
• Relevant mental disorders (e.g. borderline patients with a risk of self-harm)
• Serious coagulation disorders (e.g. clinically relevant hemophilia)
• at the time of acupuncture clinical suspected abdominal postoperative complications (especially sepsis / peitonitis)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain scala
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain theshold