the Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction After Urological Laparoscopic Surgery

Xiamen University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction (POGD)

Treatments: Device: Sham transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation; Device: Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07133620

FirstAHXiamenU-YB-4

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this clinical trial is to understand the effect of percutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation on postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction. It will also investigate the safety of percutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation. The main questions that this trial aims to answer are:

Can percutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation alleviate postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction? Through which mechanisms do they function?

Participants will:

Preoperatively, patients were either given or not given percutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation.

Record their symptoms and biological indicators within 5 days after the operation.

Enrollment: 112 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years
• BMI < 28 kg/m2
• ASA classification is I-III grade
• Preoperative pathological diagnosis is clear
• Laparoscopic surgury in urology under general anesthesia as a
• The patient has normal comprehension ability, and the patient or their family members can cooperate in filling out the questionnaire
• Voluntary to sign the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Not meeting the above standards
• Having severe heart, lung or cerebrovascular diseases (such as severe coronary heart diseases, valve diseases, respiratory failure, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, etc.)
• Having taken analgesic and gastrointestinal motility drugs before the operation
• Contraindications for TEAS (having electronic devices in the body， skin damage or infection at the stimulation site)
• Previous history of TEAS or electro-acupuncture treatment
• Previous history of long-term gastrointestinal motility disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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112 participants in 2 patient groups

Sham group

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Sham transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation

TEAS group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation