Perioperative Electroacupuncture on Postoperative Analgesia in Prostatectomy

Phase 4 Completed 70 enrolled G.Gennimatas General Hospital Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

The aim of the present study is the comparison of the efficacy of the perioperative application of a multimodal analgesia model to the patients, combing common used analgesics via intravenous (IV) route, such as tramadol and ketamine, with or without the Electroacupuncture (E/A) technique application and the frequency of side effects accession.

Timeline

Start: 2009-07
Primary completion: 2011-09
Completion: 2012-02

Publications

Ntritsou V, Mavrommatis C, Kostoglou C, Dimitriadis G, Tziris N, Zagka P, Vasilakos D. Effect of perioperative electroacupuncture as an adjunctive therapy on postoperative analgesia with tramadol and ketamine in prostatectomy: a randomised sham-controlled single-blind trial. Acupunct Med. 2014 Jun;32(3):215-22. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010498. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Acetaminophen	Small molecule	20 mg/kg	Intravenous
Comparator	Ketamine	Small molecule	0.15 mg/kg	Intravenous
Comparator	Morphine	Other / unclassified	2 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Parecoxib	Small molecule	40 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Tramadol	Other / unclassified	0.15 mg/kg	Intravenous
Comparator	Tramadol	Other / unclassified	50 mg	Intravenous

Perioperative Electroacupuncture on Postoperative Analgesia in Prostatectomy

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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