Table 7.
Acupuncture therapy versus postoperative care for postoperative abdominal distension.
| Treatment type, cancer, participants (number) | Acupuncture therapy | Effect Size MD/RR [95% CI] I2 | Study ID No.† |
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| Open surgery, FTP1, CRC (30) | Manual acup. | RR 0.67 [0.13, 3.44]3 | 13 |
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| Open surgery, FTP, rectal cancer (84) | Manual acup. | MD -0.77 [-0.80, -0.74]∗ | 11 |
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| Open radical surgery2, CRC (60) | Manual acup. | MD -0.27 [-0.51, -0.03]∗ | 14.1 (T1) |
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| Open radical surgery2, CRC (60) | Electro-acup. | MD -0.53 [-0.75, -0.32]∗ | 14.2 (T2) |
∗ means statistically significant; † see Table 1; 1: acupuncture began 24 hours after surgery; 2: excluding Miles surgery; 3: incidence of medium to severe (grades II-III) abdominal distension.
CI: confidence interval; MD: mean difference.