Clinical Efficacy of Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic and Acute Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Current guidelines for pain treatment recommend a personalized, multimodal and interdisciplinary approach as well as the use of a combination of drug and non-drug therapies. Risk factors for chronification should already be reduced in patients with acute pain, e.g., after surgery or trauma. Auricular vagus nerve stimulation (aVNS) could be an effective non-drug therapy in the multimodal treatment of chronic and acute pain. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of aVNS in treating chronic and acute pain conditions.

Methods

A systematic literature search was performed regarding the application of auricular electrical stimulation in chronic and acute pain. Studies were classified according to their level

SUBMITTER: Duff IT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11543973 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature