Distal acupoint stimulation versus peri-incisional stimulation for postoperative pain in open abdominal surgery: a systematic review and implications for clinical practice

• Main Authors: Juan Zhu (Author), Qian Xu (Author), Rong Zou (Author), Wenzhong Wu (Author), Xiaoqiu Wang (Author), Yanyi Wang (Author), Fangbing Ji (Author), Zhen Zheng (Author), Man Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute postoperative pain remains a major clinical problem that affects patient recovery. Distal acupoint and peri-incisional stimulation are both used for relieving acute postoperative pain in hospital. Our objective was to assess and compare the effects of distal and peri-incisi...