ELECTROACUPUNCTURE AND POSTOPERATIVE PAIN

Needle-Free Electroacupuncture for Postoperative Pain Management

This study examined the effects of needle-free electroacupuncture, at ST36 on postoperative pain following hysterectomy. Based on a double-blind, sham and different intervention controlled clinical experimental design, 47 women were randomly allocated to four different groups. Except for those in the control group (Group 1, n = 13), a course of treatment was given of either sham (Group 2, n = 1...

Electroacupuncture versus morphine for the postoperative control pain in dogs.

PURPOSE [corrected] To compare the postoperative analgesic effects of electroacupuncture, morphine or sham acupuncture in dogs undergoing mastectomy. METHODS Thirty client-owed dogs undergoing to mastectomy were randomly assigned to three groups of 10 animals each and received either morphine (T-M), the electroacupuncture (T-EA) or sham procedure (T-Sham). Pre-anesthetic medication was acepro...

Electroacupuncture for postoperative pain management after total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common joint replacement surgeries in the United States. Postoperative pain is still a major complication after TKA. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been commonly used in clinical practice for pain after TKA, but its effects and safety remain uncertain. This protocol is described for a systematic review to investigate the beneficial effect...

Postoperative benefits with electroacupuncture.

intraoperative electroacupuncture reduces postoperative pain, analgesic requirement and prevents postoperative nausea and vomiting in gynaecological surgery: a randomised controlled trial

conclusions it can be concluded that subjects receiving ea intraoperatively experienced less pain and ponv. hence, it is plausible that ea has an opioid-sparing effect and can reduce ponv. results the mean nrs was 2.75 (sd = 2.34) at 30 minutes and 2.25 (sd = 1.80) at 2 hours postoperatively in the ea group that was significantly lower than the mean nrs in the control group as 4.50 (sd = 2.37) ...