Postoperative Analgesia After Low Frequency Electroacupuncture (LFE)

Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01722253

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether electroacupuncture is a effective tool to the postoperative analgesia

Full description

The electroacupuncture is a known therapeutic modality with particular application to pain. In this study the investigators investigate the effect of electroacupuncture in condition of surgery, which is a particularly painful situation. The investigators will verify the postoperative analgesia, as patients will receive either electroacupuncture or placebo electroacupuncture.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy male volunteers
• 18-75 years old

Exclusion criteria

• bilateral or recurrent hernia
• significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, neurological disease
• psychiatric history
• use of opioids until the last month
• body mass index greater than 30
• treatment with beta-blockers
• aged over 75
• previous experience with acupuncture
• hypersensitivity to opioids
• pacemaker patient
• patients being treated with monoamine oxidase inhibitors and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Trial design

54 participants in 1 patient group

placebo, electroacupuncture

Description:

Electroacupuncture before and after surgery (40min and 60 min respectively) with frequency 2 Hz, and 'frequency scanning mode'. Placebo electroacupuncture, in which the needles are secured (without penetrating the skin) and connected to the electrical device, which is not functional.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture