Trial reportAnnals of surgical oncology2025
Randomized Trial on Electroacupuncture for Recovery of Postoperative Gastrointestinal Function Based on Long-Term Monitoring Device.
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- Electrical acupoint stimulation for gastrointestinal recovery after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Chemotherapy Under Fire: Narratives of Patients With Cancer During Wartime.Psycho-oncology · 2025Trial
- ω-3 PUFAs Attenuate Postoperative Ileus by Modulating Macrophage Polarization via the JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Case report: Minimally invasive management of synchronous early-stage ascending colon adenocarcinoma and type 1 papillary renal cell carcinoma presenting with severe anemia: a rare Chinese case.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis research aimed to explore the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture in promoting the recovery of postoperative gastrointestinal function and to discuss the potential mechanism on the basis of heart rate variability (HRV). PATIENTS AND
methodsThis was a randomized controlled study. Postoperative patients with gastric cancer received either electroacupuncture (EA) or sham electroacupuncture (SEA) 2 h after surgery and on the morning of the first 2 days after surgery, with each session lasting 30 min. The acupoints, treatment timepoints, and treatment durations in the SEA group were kept consistent with those in the EA group, but the intervention was SEA. Both groups were equipped with artificial intelligence HRV monitoring devices to monitor perioperative HRV and continuous bowel sound auscultation recorders to monitor perioperative bowel sound recovery in real time. Gastrointestinal function recovery indicators, HRV indicators, inflammatory markers, the incidence of postoperative complications, and adverse events were analyzed.
resultsThere was no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05) in baseline. First flatus time, first oral feeding time, intestinal function recovery time, and length of postoperative hospitalization of EA group were better than those of the SEA group, (P < 0.05). On day 3 after surgery, in EA group, C-reactive protein, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) were lower than those in SEA group (P < 0.05). HRV indicators such as standard deviation of the average NN intervals, percentage of successive RR intervals that differ by more than 50 ms (PNN50), and high frequency were higher in EA group than those in SEA group (P < 0.05).
conclusionsEA can safely and effectively promote gastrointestinal function rehabilitation in postoperative patients with gastric cancer, whose mechanism may be associated with higher tension in the vagus nerve, affected by EA.
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