Comparison of Acupuncture Efficacy between Ultrasound-Guided Acupoint Localization based on the 'Vascular Perforators'and Traditional Localization – Taking Postoperative Pain Due to Complex Spinal Surgery as an Example
- Conditions
- Postoperative pain due to complex spinal surgery
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2024000173
- Lead Sponsor
- The Affiliated TCM Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1) Pain after thoracolumbar spinal fixation, laminectomy at three or more levels, or scoliosis surgery, in accordance with the ESRA diagnostic criteria, and excluded other causes of pain (such as malignant tumor, infection or continuation of chronic preoperative pain) ;
2) Aged between 18 to 75;
3) Mild and moderate pain, NRS score =6;
4) Absence of skin lesions at the chosen acupoints and the adjacent skin areas.
1) Allergy to needles, ultrasonic coupling agent, and other consumables used;
2) Patients have severe cardiovascular, liver, kidney diseases or gastrointestinal ulcers;
3) Patients who have cognitive impairment, aphasia, or mental health conditions and thus inable to communicate normally;
4) Pregnant or lactating women, as well as women with fertility intentions;
5) Patients with acupuncture contraindication such as abdominal aortic aneurysm, hepatosplenomegaly, coagulation disorders, or taking anticoagulants like warfarin / heparin (excluding antiplatelet therapy with aspirin/clopidogrel); history of artificial pacemaker implantation;
6) Patients who refuse to sign informed consent forms.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umerical rating scale;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method evaluation of Deqi;SF-MPQ scale;Heart rate;