Effect of acupuncture on reducing duration of postoperative ileus after gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer: A pilot study using sitz marker

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 465-472

  Chae, Hyun Dong ^a   Kwak, Min Ah ^b   Kim, In Hwan ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; KOREAN MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITZ MARKER; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH CANCER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FIDUCIAL MARKER; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; ILEUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84975217324     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2015.0161     Document Type: Article

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