Auricular-plaster therapy plus acupuncture at zusanli for postoperative recovery of intestinal function
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Title
Auricular-plaster therapy plus acupuncture at zusanli for postoperative recovery of intestinal function
Author(s)
Date
2000
volume
20(2)
pages
134-135
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
In order to relieve the abdominal distension and other discomforts due to gastrointestinal dysfunction after abdominal operations, the patients were treated by auricular-plaster therapy plus acupuncture at Zusanli (ST 36). 12 (92.4%) of the 13 cases in the treatment group showed recovery of normal peristalsis within 72 hours after operations, while that in 13 cases of the control group was 46.1%, indicating that auricular-plaster therapy plus acupuncture at Zusanli (ST 36) may promote postoperative recovery of the intestinal function
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has health condition studied
Gastrointestinal Diseases
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
26
has duration
N/A