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Clinical study on the effectiveness of TCM external therapies to recovery of gastrointestinal function after abdominal surgery

Demonstration research on clinical studies of TCM external therapies for perioperative treatment

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-TRC-09000527
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2009-09-10
Start date
2009-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-04-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

medium and large size abdominal surgery

Interventions

B:crude salt hot iron
C:Evodia hot iron
D:Evodia hot iron+eletric acupuncture

Sponsors

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. patients who are to receive medium and large size abdominal surgery and required fasting after the operation; 2. aging from 18 to 75; 3. the operating time is within 1 to 4 hours; 4. the anesthesia time is within 1.5 to 5 hours; 5. the TCM syndrome is identified as qi stagnation fu-organ stuff; 6. willing to sign an informed consent document.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. terminal malignant tumor, cachexia, extreme weakness; 2. patient of malignant tumor who needs extended radical operation; 3. patient combined with cardiovascular, liver, kidney, brain, lung and other serious diseases; 4. patient with mental disease; 5. patient with allergies to the intervention; 6. pregnant or breast-feeding women; 7. severe malnutrition, serum albumin<21g/L, prealbumin<0.10g/L; 8. Re-abdominal surgery and severe intestinal adhesion; 9. Blood loss more than 1000 milliliters during the surgery; 10. occuring serious complications within 6 hours after the surgery, e.g. multiple organ dysfunction; 11. patient participating other clinical study or having participated other clinical study in the last one month; 12. patient considered inappropriate to participate the study by clinical investigators.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Postoperative recovery time of bowel sounds;Postoperative fart time;Postoperative defecation time;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Gastrointestinal hormones;Gastrointestinal dynamics;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactChen Zhiqiang
zhi57@163.com+86 020 81887233

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 21, 2026