Acupuncture during gynecological oncology surgery: A randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of integrative therapies on perioperative pain and anxiety.
Eran Ben-AryeYakir SegevGalit GalilInbal MaromOrit GresselNili SteinIrena HirshNoah SamuelsMeirav SchmidtElad SchiffIrina LurieOfer LaviePublished in: Cancer (2023)
Integrative oncology programs are increasingly becoming part of supportive/palliative care, with many working within the Society for Integrative Oncology. This study examined the impact of a multimodal integrative oncology program on pain and anxiety among 99 patients undergoing gynecological oncology surgery. Participants were randomized to three groups: preoperative touch/relaxation treatments, followed by intraoperative acupuncture; preoperative touch/relaxation without acupuncture; and a control group receiving standard care only. The preoperative touch/relaxation intervention significantly reduced perioperative anxiety, with the addition of intraoperative acupuncture significantly reducing severe pain as well, when compared with controls. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- patients undergoing
- advanced cancer
- pain management
- chronic pain
- minimally invasive
- neuropathic pain
- coronary artery bypass
- sleep quality
- randomized controlled trial
- network analysis
- public health
- open label
- cardiac surgery
- spinal cord
- double blind
- surgical site infection
- clinical trial
- early onset
- phase ii
- phase iii
- acute kidney injury