Application of Cheek Acupuncture in Vaginal Tightening Surgery

The Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Pain Vulva

Treatments: Procedure: acupuncture treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06587711

PlasticSurgeryHPecking

Details and patient eligibility

About

A large number of studies have shown that acupuncture can reduce perioperative pain in patients. Cheek acupuncture therapy is a new acupuncture treatment, which belongs to the microneedle system, that is, acupuncture at specific acupoint on the face, which can relieve patients' pain. In this study, the efficacy and safety of cheek acupuncture in patients undergoing vaginal tightening surgery was verified by observing the consumption of opioid, intraoperative hemodynamics, dosage of oral remedial analgesics, postoperative quality of recovery, patient satisfaction, incidence of side effects, etc.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged 18-60 years, undergoing vaginal tightening surgery
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I to II
• Voluntary participation and signed an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Acute and/or chronic pain before surgery
• History of congenital heart disease, arrhythmia, or hypertension
• History of severe mental or neurological diseases, drug or psychotropic drug abuse
• Cognitive dysfunction or inability to communicate.
• The acupuncture acupoints are infected
• Coagulation disorders
• Patients with mandibular or zygomatic bone osteotomy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

cheek acupuncture treatmnet

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the experimental group are treated with cheek acupuncture.

Treatment:

Procedure: acupuncture treatment

sham acupuncture treatment

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients in the control group are treated with sham acupuncture.

Treatment:

Procedure: acupuncture treatment