Electroacupuncture for postoperative pain management after total knee arthroplasty: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common joint replacement surgeries in the United States. Postoperative pain is still a major complication after TKA. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been commonly used in clinical practice for pain after TKA, but its effects and safety remain uncertain. This protocol is described for a systematic review to investigate the beneficial effects and safety of EA for postoperative pain after TKA.

Methods

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) related to EA treatment of pain after TKA will be collected from 3 databases of English literature, namely PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library, and 4 databases of Chinese literatures, namely CBM, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang database. The retrieved trials will be those published from the time whe

SUBMITTER: Xiong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5851748 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature