acupuncture decreases post-op ileus
An interesting recently published Chinese study found that electroacupuncture decreased postoperative ileus after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer, decreasing time to several important patient outcome measures (see acupuncture for postop surgery JAMAsurg2022 in dropbox, or doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.5674) Details : -- 248 patients randomized in 4 tertiary hospitals in China to acupuncture vs sham acupuncture treatment after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer, from 2020-2021 -- patients were all adults who were getting first time laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer with a primary anastomosis -- mean age 60, 62% male, BMI 24, current smoker 25%, diabetes 14%, -- operation: left hemicolectomy 23%, right hemicolectomy 23%, rectal resection 41%, sigmoid resection 14% -- tumor stage: 0-1 in 10%, II in 50%, III in 36%, and IV in 5% (85% of the tumors were moderately differentiated) -- duration of surgery...