Acupuncture for Postoperative Urinary Retention After Hemorrhoidectomy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Postoperative Complications; Postoperative Urinary Retention

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture; Other: Sham acupuncture; Drug: Neostigmine Injectable Product

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05898919

HCDUTCM_2022056

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to examine the efficacy of acupuncture in the management of acute postoperative urinary retention.

Clinical question:

Is acupuncture efficacious for postoperative urinary retention after hemorrhoidectomy compared with sham acupuncture and neostigmine.

Study design:

The participants who undergo hemorrhoidectomy and report postoperative urinary retention will receive one session of acupuncture or sham acupuncture or one injection of 1-mg neostigmine. The primary outcome was the time to first urination after surgery.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged between 18 and 65 years
• Meets the diagnostic criteria of postoperative urinary retention
• Received milligan-morgan hemorrhoidectomy and general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Received Diuretic drugs
• Organic diseases that cause urinary retention
• Severe infection in the urinary tract
• Has a history of adverse reaction to neostigmine
• Cognitive dysfunction that affects outcome assessment
• Being pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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92 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Acupuncture

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

Sham acupuncture

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Sham acupuncture

Neostigmine

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Neostigmine Injectable Product