Efficacy and safety of auricular point acupressure treatment for gastrointestinal dysfunction after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tan, Yuhua ^a   Zhao, Ye ^b   He, Tian ^a   Ma, Yueshen ^b   Cai, Wang ^b   Wang, Yandong ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Tianjin Hospital of ITCWM   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Auricular point acupressure; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction; Time to first passage of flatus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AURICULAR POINT ACUPRESSURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING; AURICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; CHINA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR AURICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84974530777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1404-3     Document Type: Article

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