NCT02480361

Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Ileus After Gastric Surgery (EAPIG)

Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Ileus After Gastrectomy in Patients With Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Daegu Catholic University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common problem after major abdominal surgery. Acupuncture is being accepted in the West as a treatment option for managing POI and various functional gastrointestinal disorders. Therefore, we conducted a prospective randomized pilot study to evaluate the effect of electro-acupuncture on POI and other surgical outcomes in patients who underwent gastric surgery for a later large-scale study.

Detailed description

Before surgery, patients were randomized (using simple randomization) to either acupuncture (A) group or non-acupuncture (NA) group. In both groups, sitz markers were inserted in duodenum or jejunum during surgery for detection of postoperative remnant sitz markers by Xray. In the A group, acupuncture treatment was given once daily for up to 5 consecutive days starting on postoperative day 1. The acupuncture points which were used were based on traditional Korean medicine. No acupuncture treatment was performed in the NA group.

Conditions

• Ileus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	acupuncture	Acupuncture treatment after gastric cancer surgery during 5 postoperative days

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2015-06-24
• Last updated: 2015-06-24