A clinical study of Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) combined with electroacupuncture (EA) to promote rapid recovery after abdominal surgery
- Conditions
- Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100004517
- Lead Sponsor
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Age 18 - 70 years, sex not restricted;
2. Resection of hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, renal, or bladder tumors was performed under general anesthesia;
3. Voluntary participation in this study and signed informed consent.
1. The surgical incision was made through the abdominal acupoints selected for this study;
2. The selected acupoints had local skin infection;
3. Patients who could not understand or cooperate with assessments such as VAS scores;
4. Those with hypersensitivity to metals or severe fear of acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation, or intolerance to electroacupuncture treatment;
5. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes, severe cardiac, central nervous, psychiatric disorders, or coagulopathy;
6. Placement of pacemaker;
7. Patients being enrolled in other research trials.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to first postoperative flatus;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain and Nausea Vomiting scores on visual analogue scale (from 0 which implied no at all, to 10 which implied the worst)and medication use;Incidence of postoperative complications;hospital days from operation to discharge;Time of first postoperative anal spontaneous defecation; Time to first ambulation;acceptability assessment of treatment;time that the patients tolerated a solid diet;