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Trial reportMedicine2016

The effectiveness of dry-cupping in preventing post-operative nausea and vomiting by P6 acupoint stimulation: A randomized controlled trial.

Khosro Farhadi, Mansour Choubsaz, Khosro Setayeshi, Mohammad Kameli, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Zahra H Zadie, Alireza Ahmadi

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Trial report in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Khosro FarhadiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management Department of Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA..
Mansour Choubsaz
Khosro Setayeshi
Mohammad Kameli
Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi
Zahra H Zadie
Alireza Ahmadi
Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine · USCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science · USImam Reza Hospital · IRUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPostoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication after general anesthesia, and the prevalence ranges between 25% and 30%. The aim of this study was to determine the preventive effects of dry cupping on PONV by stimulating point P6 in the wrist.

methodsThis was a randomized controlled trial conducted at the Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah, Iran. The final study sample included 206 patients (107 experimental and 99 controls). Inclusion criteria included the following: female sex; age>18 years; ASA Class I-II; type of surgery: laparoscopic cholecystectomy; type of anesthesia: general anesthesia. Exclusion criteria included: change in the type of surgery, that is, from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to laparotomy, and ASA-classification III or more. Interventions are as follows: pre surgery, before the induction of anesthesia, the experimental group received dry cupping on point P6 of the dominant hand's wrist with activation of intermittent negative pressure. The sham group received cupping without activation of negative pressure at the same point. Main outcome was that the visual analogue scale was used to measure the severity of PONV.

resultsThe experimental group who received dry cupping had significantly lower levels of PONV severity after surgery (P < 0.001) than the control group. The differences in measure were maintained after controlling for age and ASA in regression models (P < 0.01).

conclusionTraditional dry cupping delivered in an operation room setting prevented PONV in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

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Acupuncture PointsAdultAnesthesia, GeneralCholecystectomy, LaparoscopicComplementary TherapiesFemaleHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative Nausea and VomitingSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeWrist

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PMCPMC5044892
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