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ArticleMedicine2021

Efficacy and safety of acupoint catgut embedding in treating postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoids: A randomized controlled trial protocol.

Xiaorui Pei, Shijun Song, Haotian Li, Debao Lu

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Article in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaorui PeiDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin TEDA Hospital.ORCID 0000-0003-0294-9482
Shijun SongDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Haotian LiDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin TEDA Hospital.
Debao LuDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin TEDA Hospital.
Hatch (Canada) · CATEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital · CN

Funding

Tianjin Science and technology project NO.201973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPain is a common complication after mixed hemorrhoids, which seriously affects the recovery of patients and prolongs the length of hospital stay. Acupoint catgut embedding has advantages in improving a variety of acute and chronic pain diseases, but there is still a lack of rigorous randomized controlled studies to verify its efficacy and safety in the treatment of postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoids. Therefore, the purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoids.

methodsThis is a prospective randomized controlled trial to study the efficacy and safety of acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoids. Approved by the clinical research ethics committee of our hospital, the patients were randomly divided into observation group and control group according to 1:1. The observation group received acupoint catgut embedding before the operation, while the control group received no special treatment. The efficacy and safety indexes were concerned after the operation, and the observation indexes included: resting state and visual analogue scale (VAS) score during defecation, postoperative hospitalization time, total amount of analgesic use, adverse reactions, etc. Finally, we carried on the data statistical analysis through the SPSS version 19.0. DISCUSSION: This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of postoperative pain of mixed hemorrhoids, and the results of this study will provide a new idea for the selection of postoperative analgesia for mixed hemorrhoids resection.

trial registrationOSF Registration number: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/T2ZGY.

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Acupuncture PointsAcupuncture TherapyAdolescentAdultAgedCatgutFemaleHemorrhoidsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementPostoperative PainProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch Design

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