ReviewPain and therapy2022
Effects of Acupuncture on Adverse Events in Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture reduces sedative and anaesthetic consumption and improves pain tolerance in patients undergoing colonoscopy: a Meta-analysis.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2024Pooled it
- Sedative-sparing effect of acupuncture in gastrointestinal endoscopy: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of Immersive Virtual Reality During Outpatient Sedation-Free Colonoscopy: A Randomized Prospective Controlled Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Comparing the impact of foot and hand reflexology on anxiety and physiological indices in colonoscopy candidates: A randomized clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Effects of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) on postoperative pain in patients undergoing gastric and esophageal ESD surgery: a study protocol for a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Editorial: Highlights in abdominal and pelvic pain 2021/2022.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of acupuncture for non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionAcupuncture has gradually penetrated into many disciplines in clinical medicine, such as surgery, anesthesia, and outpatient examinations. Although a number of clinical trials have investigated the effects of acupuncture on colonoscopy, the results were inconsistent. In this meta-analysis, we analyzed the effects of acupuncture on colonoscopy to provide evidence for subsequent research and clinical application of acupuncture in colonoscopy.
methodsThis meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager version 5.4 and Stata version 16 software. The primary outcome was the incidence of adverse events, and the secondary outcomes included patients' anxiety score before colonoscopy, time to insert the colonoscope, total detection time, propofol consumption, patients' pain score, and patient satisfaction rate.
resultsThe results showed that the incidence of adverse events (odds ratio [OR] 0.27, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.16-0.43, P = 0.00, I
conclusionsDuring colonoscopy, acupuncture can significantly reduce the incidence of adverse events, relieve patients' pain, and improve patient satisfaction. REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration number CRD42022324428.
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