None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Procedure/Surgery : Prospective randomized controlled trial with three-arm, parallel-group.
1. Intervention 1 = electroacupuncture
Materials: Stainless-steel needle and PG-306 electroacupuncture devi
Sponsors
Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed as appendicitis 2. Female or male patients over 20 years old 3. Patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who need simultaneous combined surgery (including ileocecectomy) 2. Patients diagnosed with combined other diseases as well as appendicitis, preoperatively or intrapoperatively (e.g. colonic diverticulitis, inflammator bowel disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc.) 3. Patients who need postoperative fasting according to preoperative evaluation or intraoperative findings (e.g. panperitonitis with intraperitoneal abscess) 4. Patients under treatment for acute disease other than appendicitis 5. Patients converted to open surgery 6. Patients with cardiac pacemaker 7. Patients with allergy to or phobia of acupuncture needle or electrostimulation 8. Patients with history of syncope or seizure 9. Pregnant women or lactating women 10. Patients with history of abdominal surgery 11. Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists'(ASA) physical status classification IV 12. Patients who do not consent to clinical trial 13. Patients incapable of reading, understanding, and signing a written consent form (e.g. mentally retarded, blinded, illiterate, foreigners, etc.) 14. Inmates of a prison or institution/hospital
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time of first passing flatus after operation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative pain score;Bowel sound per minute;Postoperative nausea and/or vomiting;Time to tolerable water drinking and solid diet after operation;Postoperative analgesics;Postoperative complications;Readmission rate due to postoperative complications;Time to mobilization(self walking) and self support to preoperative level;Postoperative quality of life questionnaire;Postoperative hospital stay;Total cost during hospital stay after operation;Protocol failure rate | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactGangmi Kim
Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital
Outcome results
None listed