Acupuncture therapy on postoperative nausea and vomiting in abdominal operation: A Bayesian network meta analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication after surgery. However, drugs cannot prevent it completely, and acupuncture therapy shows the potential in preventing PONV, yet the best choice hasn't been demonstrated.

Objective

This network meta analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different acupuncture therapies used for preventing PONV in abdominal operation.

Methods

Authors searched articles from PubMed/Medline, Cochrane library, Web of Science, Ebsco and Ovid/Embase, and established database from setup time to June 2019. Quality evaluation of included studies was performed with Cochrane risk-of-bias tool (ROB 2.0). Pairwise and network meta analysis were conducted by RevMan and Addis respectively.

Results

Twenty studi

SUBMITTER: Fu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7306321 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature