Electroacupuncture reduces duration of postoperative ileus after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer

Gastroenterology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ng, Simon S M ^a   Leung, Wing Wa ^a   Mak, Tony W C ^a   Hon, Sophie S F ^a   Li, Jimmy C M ^a   Wong, Cherry Y N ^a   Tsoi, Kelvin K F ^a   Lee, Janet F Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Gastrointestinal motility; Recovery time; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEST INFECTION; CHOLANGITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; OGILVIE SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TIME;

AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEFECATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881534526     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.10.050     Document Type: Article

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