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Acupuncture-assisted-anesthesia to Improve Postoperative Outcome After Digestive Surgery in Elderly Patients

NCT02239159 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 748

Last updated 2017-07-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators assume that transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation (TEAS) pretreatment may activate the endogenous protective mechanism, as a result protect the patients against subsequent surgical stress pregnancy. And TEAS may induce the production of endogenous analgesic transmitters, so develop an anesthetic-sparing effect. The investigators believe this intervention will reduce the subsequent incidence, duration and severity of organ dysfunction, possibly reducing the morbidity, even mortality. So in this study, the investigators hypothesize that TEAS before anesthesia and during surgery would decrease the morbidity and mortality of postoperative complications in 30 days after digestive surgery in elderly patients .

Conditions

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

TES(transcutaneous electric stimulation)

Stimulation will be given through electrodes attached to the skin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Air Force Military Medical University, China

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lize Xiong, PhD · Air Force Military Medical University, China

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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