The effect of TENS on recovery of gastrointestinal function after abdominal surgery- a randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037054
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Ashok Kumar Puranik
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 62
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients aged 18 to 75 years
2. Patients undergoing exploratory laparotomy with midline incision of length greater than or equal to 5 cm
Exclusion Criteria
1. Damage control surgeries
2. Patients with cardiac pacemakers
3. Patients with spinal cord stimulator or an intrathecal pump
4. Patients with dermatitis, skin infections and sensory impairment at site of application of adhesive electrodes
5. Surgical history of gastrectomy / esophagectomy (vagal nerve transection)
6. Irritable bowel syndrome
7. Inflammatory bowel disease
8. Patients with acute and chronic opioid use
9. Patients with preoperative severe mental illness
10. History of spinal injuries
11. Pancreatitis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time in hours to first post-operative passage of stools per rectum or per stoma starting from the time of randomization.Timepoint: Time in hours to first post-operative passage of stools per rectum or per stoma starting from the time of randomization on after 12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method