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ArticleBritish journal of pain2025

Wrist and ankle acupuncture relief moderate to severe postoperative pain after functional endoscopic sinus surgery: A randomized controlled study.

Suying Guo, Yaqin Wang, Jianwei Ai, Jingyi Zhao, Shaoting Huang, Junge Wang

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Article in British journal of pain, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Suying GuoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3151-138X
Yaqin WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jianwei AiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jingyi ZhaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Shaoting HuangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Junge WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The study aimed to validate the effectiveness of Wrist and Ankle Acupuncture (WAA) in attenuating moderate to severe postoperative pain following Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS). Methods: Participants were randomly allocated into a treatment group ( Results: A significant immediate reduction in NRS scores was observed in the treatment group ( Conclusion: WAA effectively alleviated postoperative discomfort associated with nasal packing subsequent to FESS and enhanced sleep quality during the postoperative night. The anatomical superficiality of the acupuncture points employed reduces the risk of adverse events while yielding effective analgesic results, thus validating its suitability for clinical application.

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functional endoscopic sinus surgerynumeric rating scalepostoperative painWrist and ankle acupuncture

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PMID40078447
PMCPMC11894722

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