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The Effect of Auriculotherapy on the Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Outpatient Rhizarthrosis Surgery

NCT07336303 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-02-13

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Summary

Auriculotherapy has demonstrated promising potential in the management of postoperative pain. Additionally, one study reported encouraging outcomes regarding the reduction of anxiety levels among patients in primary healthcare settings. Nevertheless, further high-quality research is required to substantiate these findings and to support the integration of auriculotherapy into standardized therapeutic protocols.

The objective of this prospective, comparative, double-blind study is to assess the efficacy of auricular acupuncture in the management of postoperative pain following outpatient prosthetic surgery for rhizarthrosis

Conditions

  • Thumb Arthritis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

outpatient prosthetic surgery for rhizarthrosis.

surgery / procedures : Outpatient surgery (thumb osteoarthritis). On the day of the procedure, the patient arrives on an outpatient basis, is positioned on a stretcher, and is then taken to the pre-anesthesia room where regional anesthesia is performed. The block is carried out under ultrasound guidance following a standardized protocol. The patient is then transferred to the operating room, where the tourniquet is applied. The surgical technique is endoscopic, following the AGEE method. At the end of the procedure, the surgeon places two or three absorbable sutures (4/0 or 5/0) on the thinnest areas of skin. The sutures are then covered with a dressing.

OTHER

real auricolothery

3 days before the intervention, patients will have an auriculotherapy session with an experimental group

OTHER

sham auriculotherapy

3 days before the intervention, patients will have an auriculotherapy session with an sham group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Clinique Bizet

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-28
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2027-02-28

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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