Electroacupuncture for the prevention of postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in participants undergoing vascular laparotomy under general anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial

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• 作者：Meng-yue Liu ; Cheng-wei Wang ; Zhou-peng Wu ; Ning Li
• 刊名：Chinese Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：12
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1472KB
• 刊物主题：Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Acupuncture;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1749-8546
• 卷排序：12

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BackgroundPostoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction (PGD) is a common complication following laparotomy under general anesthesia (GA). Abdominal distension occurs in 8–28% of surgeries within 24 h postoperatively. The present study aimed to analyze the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) for the prevention of PGD by applying preoperative EA stimulation of PC6 (Neiguan), ST36 (Zusanli), and ST37 (Shangjuxv) bilaterally twice within 24 h prior to surgery, compared with no acupuncture treatment.