Can electrostimulation reduce the requirement for opioids in patients after surgery?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postoperative pain in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN76428396
• Lead Sponsor: Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10010146 (added 07/07/2021) 2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36581999/ (added 30/12/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-10-30
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male and female patients aged 18–75 years
2. Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic mesh inguinal hernia repair
3. Body mass index 18–30 kg/m²
4. ASA classification I–III
5. Patients provide signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with bilateral or recurrent inguinal hernia
2. Patients with a history of intolerance, hypersensitivity or abuse of opioids
3. Use of opioids in the past month
4. Use of monoamine oxidase and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
5. Patients wearing a cardiac pacemaker
6. Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic and neurological disease
7. Patients with skin infections, surgical incision or scar at the point of application of acupuncture
8. Patients who participated in other clinical trials, or received other acupuncture therapy, in the previous 4 weeks

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified