Electro-acupuncture to prevent prolonged postoperative ileus: A randomized clinical trial

AIM: To examine whether acupuncture can prevent prolonged postoperative ileus (PPOI) after intraperitoneal surgery for colon cancer. METHODS: Ninety patients were recruited from the Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China. After surgery, patients were randomized to receive acupuncture (onc...

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Main Authors: Meng, Zhi-Qiang, Garcia, M Kay, Chiang, Joseph S, Peng, Hui-Ting, Shi, Ying-Qiang, Fu, Jie, Liu, Lu-Ming, Liao, Zhong-Xing, Zhang, Ying, Bei, Wen-Ying, Thornton, Bob, Palmer, J Lynn, McQuade, Jennifer, Cohen, Lorenzo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799905/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20039456
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i1.104
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