Patients after thoracoscopy
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:acupotomy combined with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA)
Sponsors
Fujian Provincial Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Sixty-five patients with lung cancer, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I-II, aged 30-70 years, elected for VATS lobectomy and with a visual analog scale (VAS) >= 7 were recruited in this clinical study. They were able to communicate well and understood how to score pain level.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included patients with coagulation disorders, neuropathy, infections at the sitem of acupotomy, obesity (body mass index, BMI >30 kg/m2); clinically significant neurologic, cardiovascular, renal, and hepatic diseases; cannot remove the tracheal catheter or correctly use the PCIA pump after surgery; those with psychiatric illnesses that would interfere with perception and assessment of pain, and those given pain-killer within a week before surgery were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| visual analog scale (VAS);postoperative requirements for rescue analgesia, the cumulative amount of self-administered analgesics; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Bruggrmann comfort scale (BCS);functional activity score (FAS);level of sedation (LOS);concerning adverse effects;patients’satisfaction; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public Contactzhonghua Lin
Fujian Provincial Hospital
Outcome results
None listed