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

NCT04748133 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2021-02-24

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Treatment Complication

Interventions

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zagazig University

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Marwa Zakzouk, MD · Zagazig University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-20
Primary Completion
2021-06-01
Completion
2021-07-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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