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Non-needle acupoint stimulation for prevention of nausea and vomiting after breast surgery: A meta-analysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on the quality of postoperative recovery: a meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Pooled it
- Integrative and complementary practices to control nausea and vomiting in pregnant women: a systematic review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022Pooled it
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- Acupoint transplantation versus non-acupoint transplantation using autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells in treating peripheral arterial disease.Blood science (Baltimore, Md.) · 2024Article
- The effects of Korean hand acupressure on postoperative pain, nausea, vomiting, and retching after thyroidectomy: A randomized controlled study protocol.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Efficacy of press needle treatment in reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and retching gastrointestinal cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Article
- Antiemetic effects of baclofen in a shrew model of postoperative nausea and vomiting: Whole-transcriptome analysis in the nucleus of the solitary tract.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2022Article
- Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Female Patients Undergoing Breast and Gynecological Surgery: A Narrative Review of Risk Factors and Prophylaxis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Management strategies for the treatment and prevention of postoperative/postdischarge nausea and vomiting: an updated review.F1000Research · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundBreast disease has been a global serious health problem, among women. Surgery is the main treatment for the patients suffering from breast disease. Postoperative nausea and vomiting are still disturbing. Acupoint stimulation, an effective treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, has been used to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting. Recently, non-needle acupoint stimulation becomes a new intervention. Though several clinical trials have been done, there is still no final conclusion on the efficacy. This Meta-Analysis aims at evaluating the efficacy of non-needle acupoint stimulation for prevention of nausea and vomiting after breast surgery.
methodsSystematic searches were conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Wanfang Med Online databases for studies. The review period covered from the inception of databases to December 31, 2017. The outcome measures of interest were frequency of nausea, frequency of vomiting, frequency of PONV, verbal rating scale of nausea, and use of rescue antiemetic. Data extraction and risks of bias evaluation were accomplished by 2 independent reviewers using the Cochrane Collaboration Review Manager software (RevMan 5.3.5).
resultsFourteen randomized controlled trials with a total of 1009 female participants in the non-needle acupoint stimulation group and control group met the inclusion criteria. Although the therapeutically effect on vomiting within postoperative 2 hours was not obvious, non-needle acupoint stimulation still had an important role in reducing nausea and vomiting within postoperative 48 hours. According to Jadad scale, there was moderate quality evidence for the pooled analysis results in this study. In addition, stimulating acupoint by wristband acupressure was more likely to cause adverse reactions.
conclusionNon-needle acupoint stimulation can be used for female patients undergoing breast surgery to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting. Into consideration, we recommend transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation on PC6 from 30 minutes before induction of anesthesia to the end of surgery for application. This non-pharmaceutical approach may be promising to promote the recovery of patients after breast surgery.
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