OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an electroacupuncture (EA) technique that was developed for a surgical population under general anaesthesia reduces @entity158 after mesh @entity169 open repair. METHODS: A total of 54 @entity1 with right or @entity169 were randomised to group I (preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative EA), group II (preoperative, postoperative EA), or a sham control group (group III; preoperative and postoperative placement of needles, but without skin penetration). The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) (primary outcome) and the State-Trait @entity148 Spielberger Inventory were evaluated preoperatively and at 30   min, 90   min, 10   h and 24   h after surgery. @entity158 threshold and tolerance were evaluated using an algometer at these same time points and preoperatively before and after EA. Levels of the stress hormones @entity701 , corticotrophin and prolactin were determined at 30   min, 90   min and 10   h after surgery and preoperatively before and after EA. RESULTS: The results showed significant differences between the true EA and control groups. The true EA groups (I and II) showed statistically significantly greater improvements in the primary ( @entity227 , p<0.05) and secondary outcome measures ( @entity148 scale; algometer measurements, p<0.05 and stress hormones, p<0.01) compared to the control group. There were no statistically significant differences between groups I and II. CONCLUSIONS: Electroacupuncture reduces postoperative @entity158 after mesh @entity169 repair and decreases stress hormone levels and @entity148 during the postoperative period. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01722253.

Postoperative analgesia after low-frequency electroacupuncture as adjunctive treatment in XXXX surgery with abdominal wall mesh reconstruction.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['VAS pain'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['Anxiety', 'anxiety'] @entity701 :: ('MESH:D006854', 'Chemical') :: ['cortisol'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain'] @entity169 :: ('MESH:D006552', 'Disease') :: ['left inguinal hernia', 'inguinal hernia']
@entity169 :: (MESH:D006552,Disease) :: ['inguinal hernia']
