Electro-acupuncture decreases postoperative pain and improves recovery in patients undergoing a supratentorial craniotomy

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1099-1109

  An, Li Xin ^a   Chen, Xue ^b   Ren, Xiu Jun ^c   Wu, Hai Feng ^d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jishuitan Orthopaedic College of Tsinghua University   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appetite; Dizziness; Electro Acupuncture; Postoperative Pain; Supratentorial Craniotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPRATENTORIAL CRANIOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; CRANIOTOMY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926082687     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500682     Document Type: Article

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