Electroacupuncture for Gastrointestinal Dysmotility After Abdominal Surgery
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-03-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
In Taiwan, the number of patients who underwent abdominal surgery that attributed to
gastrointestinal diseases, gynecological diseases, and cancer is increasing. Practically,
some of the patients have unsatisfactory response to conventional medical treatment, which
result in abnormal gastrointestinal function, prolonged bedtime, and increased hospital stay,
as well as an increased risk of infection. Therefore, search for an effective and safe
treatment that could be integrated to current medical treatment is of importance in the care
of such patients.
Being with a long period of clinical experience and evidence-based curative effect,
acupuncture could be applied as an adjunctive treatment for the complications of abdominal
surgery. Currently, this patient-centered, pragmatic clinical trial compares the efficacy of
using conventional medication alone and a combination of electroacupuncture and conventional
drugs. The aim of this study is trying to explore acceptable and beneficial strategy to
reduce the clinical symptoms, to improve quality of life, and decrease medical expenses.