NCT04748133

Acupuncture for Recovery and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Middle Ear Surgeries

Acupuncture for Enhancing Recovery and Attenuating Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Middle Ear Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 59 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Zagazig University · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Modern surgery management needs increasing operating room turnover and more ambulatory surgery. In order to come over this challenge, the recovery needs to be optimized. Enhancing recovery could be achieved by preventing postoperative pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting. Middle ear surgery is a common ambulatory surgery with increasing occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Detailed description

Sample size: as percent of vomiting following acupuncture and following standard anesthesia is 0.13% and 29.2% respectively so sample size is 58 (29 in each group). Sample is calculated using open epi program with confidence level 95% and power 80%. Patients in Group C (control group) (n=29): will receive no treatment. While patients in Group A (Acupuncture group) (n=29): will receive needle acupuncture.

Conditions

• Treatment Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	acupuncture needles	Site of acupuncture points: * Du 26: At junction of the upper and middle third of philtrum. * Ren 17: On the midline level with the 4th intercostal space midway between the nipples. * LI4 (Large Intestine 4): On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones * HT7 (Heart 7): On the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the small depression between the pisiform and ulna bones * LV3 (Liver 3): On dorsum of the foot in a depression distal to the junction of the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones. * ST36 (Stomach 36): Antero-lateral leg, 1 middle-finger breadth next to the anterior crest of tibia, 3 cun under the depression lateral to the patellar ligament. * PC6 (Pericardium 6): Palmar aspect of the forearm, between the tendons, 2 cun away from the transverse crease of the wrist
OTHER	placebo	no treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-20
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2021-07-01
• First posted: 2021-02-10
• Last updated: 2021-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt