Electroacupuncture for post-thoracotomy pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thoracotomy is an invasive surgical procedure that produces intense postoperative pain. Electroacupuncture has been used to induce analgesia in various situations, including after surgery. The aim of the following systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture on post-thoracotomy pain.

Methods

The studies for the systematic review were searched using the following 9 databases: PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE Complete, Google Scholar, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Korean Medical Database (KMBASE), Koreanstudies Information Service System (KISS), and OASIS, without language restriction. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that met the inclusion criteria were selected. The quality assessment was perfor

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8263274 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature