About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age > 18 years
BMI < 28 kg/m2
ASA classification is I-III grade
Laparoscopic urological procedures under general anesthesia, including but not limited to laparoscopic nephrectomy and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer
Disqualifiers
Comprehensive assessment of severe cardiovascular, pulmonary and cerebrovascular diseases (such as severe coronary heart disease, valve diseases, respiratory failure, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, etc.)
Preoperative use of analgesic and gastrointestinal motility drugs
TEAS contraindications (having electronic devices in the body, skin damage or infection at the stimulation site)
Previous history of TEAS or electro-acupuncture treatment
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation
- Sham transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation