Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow E-Letters: Submit a response to the article
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (20)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by CHRISTENSEN, P. A.
Right arrow Articles by HUSTED, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by CHRISTENSEN, P. A.
Right arrow Articles by HUSTED, C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1993, Vol. 71, No. 6 835-838
© 1993 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

research-article

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE IN ANAESTHESIA FOR HYSTERECTOMY

P. A. CHRISTENSEN, M.D., D.E.A.A., M. ROTNE, M.D., R. VEDELSDAL, M.D., R. H. JENSEN, M.D., K. JACOBSEN, M.D. and C. HUSTED, M.D.

Department of Anaesthesia Randers Centralsygehus, Denmark

*Address for correspondence: Hjulgaardsvej 3, DK-8420 Knebel, Denmark

We have studied the effects of electroacupuncture at classical acupuncture points, applied before and during surgery in patients undergoing hyster ectomy, on postoperative pain and metabolic stress responses in a prospective, randomized and patientblinded manner. Fifty otherwise healthy women were allocated randomly to receive or not receive electroacupuncture. Electroacupuncture was begun 20 min before skin incision and continued to the end of surgery. All patients received similar general anaesthesia and all received patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) after operation. Postoperative pain in the two groups was evaluated by recording analgesic requirements by PCA and by pain-rating performed by patients and nursing staff. There were no significant differences between the two groups in postoperative analgesic requirements, pain-rating or metabolic stress responses. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1993; 71: 835–838)


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Acupuncture in MedicineHome page
M. El-Rakshy, S. C Clark, J. Thompson, and M. Thant
Effect of intraoperative electroacupuncture on postoperative pain, analgesic requirements, nausea and sedation: a randomised controlled trial
Acupunct Med, March 1, 2009; 27(1): 9 - 12.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
S.-M. Wang, Z. N. Kain, and P. F. White
Acupuncture Analgesia: II. Clinical Considerations
Anesth. Analg., February 1, 2008; 106(2): 611 - 621.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
S.-M. Wang, R. T. Constable, F. S. Tokoglu, D. A. Weiss, D. Freyle, and Z. N. Kain
Acupuncture-Induced Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Signals in Awake and Anesthetized Volunteers: A Pilot Study
Anesth. Analg., August 1, 2007; 105(2): 499 - 506.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
K. S. Kim and Y. M. Nam
The analgesic effects of capsicum plaster at the zusanli point after abdominal hysterectomy.
Anesth. Analg., September 1, 2006; 103(3): 709 - 713.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
R. H.L. Wong, T. W. Lee, A. D.L. Sihoe, I. Y.P. Wan, C. S.H. Ng, S. K.C. Chan, W. W.L. Wong, Y. M. Liang, and A. P.C. Yim
Analgesic Effect of Electroacupuncture in Postthoracotomy Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Ann. Thorac. Surg., June 1, 2006; 81(6): 2031 - 2036.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
W. Meissner, T. Weiss, R. H. Trippe, H. Hecht, C. Krapp, and W. H. Miltner
Acupuncture Decreases Somatosensory Evoked Potential Amplitudes to Noxious Stimuli in Anesthetized Volunteers
Anesth. Analg., January 1, 2004; 98(1): 141 - 147.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Qual Saf Health CareHome page
A Vickers, P Wilson, and J Kleijnen
Acupuncture
Qual. Saf. Health Care, March 1, 2002; 11(1): 92 - 97.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.