Postoperative analgesic effect of acupotomy combined with patient-controlled analgesia in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative acute pain is a common issue following thoracic surgery. Acupotomy is a common and safe intervention method for pain treatment in clinical practice. In previous preliminary experiments, we found that acupotomy has a good clinical effect and good safety in the treatment of pain after thoracoscopic surgery. However, due to a lack of a rigorous design and an adequate sample size, its efficacy still requires further confirmation. The purpose of this study will be to explore the efficacy and safety of acupotomy combined with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for the treatment of pain after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).

Methods

The study will be a single-centre, parallel group, randomized controlled trial. Seventy patients with significant pain

SUBMITTER: Jiang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716496 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature