Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29557487›Full record

Trial reportUrolithiasis2019

Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on postoperative analgesia after ureteroscopic lithotripsy: a randomized controlled trial.

Qing Tu, Jianhui Gan, Jinlin Shi, Hong Yu, Shuangliang He, Jian Zhang

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Urolithiasis, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for suspected laryngopharyngeal reflux disease.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qing TuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tangshan People's Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, No. 65 Shengli Road, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
Jianhui GanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tangshan People's Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, No. 65 Shengli Road, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China. ganjianhui666@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4946-3554
Jinlin ShiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tangshan People's Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, No. 65 Shengli Road, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
Hong YuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tangshan People's Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, No. 65 Shengli Road, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
Shuangliang HeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tangshan People's Hospital, North China University of Science and Technology, No. 65 Shengli Road, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
Jian ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, Southwest Jiao Tong University, Chendu, 610000, China.
North China University of Science and Technology · CNThird People's Hospital of Chengdu · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) is an effective analgesic measure. We studied the analgesic effect of TEAS by applying it alone after ureteroscopic lithotripsy, rather than applying it as a supplementary analgesic measure. Participants (n = 120) scheduled to undergo ureteroscopic holmium laser lithotripsy, were enrolled and randomly assigned into Group T (TEAS n = 60) and Group C (Control, n = 60). The participants in Group T were treated with TEAS for postoperative analgesia. TEAS were implemented on bilateral Shenyu (BL23) and Yinlingquan (SP9) at the time backward and the time at 4, 8, 12 h postoperatively. TEAS was re-implemented three times on the target acupoints for the next 2 days. When TEAS failed to meet the analgesic effect, the participants were given tramadol hydrochloride tablets of 100 mg. Participants of Group C were given tramadol hydrochloride tablets for postoperative analgesia. The primary outcome of VAS scores at the time backward (T

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Acupuncture PointsAgedAnalgesicsFemaleHumansLithotripsyMaleMiddle AgedPain ManagementPain MeasurementPostoperative PainTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationTreatment OutcomeUreteroscopyAnalgesicsAnalgesic substancePostoperative analgesiaTranscutaneous electrical acupoint stimulationUreteroscopic lithotripsy

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PMID29557487
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