Effect of electroacupuncture on internal carotid artery blood flow in patients undergoing laparoscopic gallbladder surgery: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on cerebral blood flow. We investigated this question in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hypothesizing that EA would increase cerebral blood flow during surgery.

Methods

Eighty-two patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly divided into receiving electroacupuncture and intravenous anesthesia (EA+IA) and receving intravenous anesthesia alone (IA). The patients in EA+IA were treated with EA at Baihui (GV 20), Shuigou (GV 26), unilateral Neiguan (PC 6) and unilateral Zusanli (ST 36) points 20 min before anesthesia until the end of the operation. The patients in IA received intravenous anesthesia alone. The internal carotid artery blood flow (Q), mean arterial pressure (M

SUBMITTER: Hu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616594 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature