Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 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.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time to first postoperative flatus; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
West China Hospital, Sichuan University