Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Ileus After Gastric Surgery (EAPIG)

Daegu Catholic University Medical Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Ileus

Treatments

Device: acupuncture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02480361

APOIGC-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common problem after major abdominal surgery. Acupuncture is being accepted in the West as a treatment option for managing POI and various functional gastrointestinal disorders. Therefore, we conducted a prospective randomized pilot study to evaluate the effect of electro-acupuncture on POI and other surgical outcomes in patients who underwent gastric surgery for a later large-scale study.

Full description

Before surgery, patients were randomized (using simple randomization) to either acupuncture (A) group or non-acupuncture (NA) group. In both groups, sitz markers were inserted in duodenum or jejunum during surgery for detection of postoperative remnant sitz markers by Xray. In the A group, acupuncture treatment was given once daily for up to 5 consecutive days starting on postoperative day 1. The acupuncture points which were used were based on traditional Korean medicine. No acupuncture treatment was performed in the NA group.

Enrollment

10 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing elective surgery for gastric cancers
Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists grades I-III
Patients who provided written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients who developed intraoperative problems or complications
Patients with contraindications to had electrical stimulation devices (pacemaker or implantable defibrillator)
Patients who were allergic to acupuncture needle