Acupoint Stimulation Alleviates Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Zhihong LU

Status: Unknown

Conditions: PONV

Treatments: Device: transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05396716

XJH-A-20220410

Details and patient eligibility

About

Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) could be high as 60% after liver surgery. Acupoint stimulation has been proved to decrease PONV. In this study, we will investigate the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on incidence of PONV after liver surgery.

Enrollment: 158 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ≥18 years
• scheduled for elective liver surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• body mass index less than 18 kg/m2 or higher than 30 kg/m2
• American Society of Anesthesiologists status higher than Ⅲ
• patients with contraindication to transcutaneous electrical stimulation, including skin damage, infection or implantable electrical device
• suspected or existed abuse of drug or alcohol
• pregnant or breeding women
• history of neurological or psychiatric disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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158 participants in 2 patient groups

transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Control

No Intervention group