Effect of electroacupuncture Baliao points combined with conventional western medicine therapy on postoperative pain and wound recovery of mixed hemorrhoids / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the effect of electroacupuncture Baliao points [bilateral Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33) and Xialiao (BL 34)] combined with conventional western medicine therapy on postoperative pain and wound recovery of mixed hemorrhoids patients.Methods:A total of 80 patients with mixed hemorrhoids who met the inclusion criteria in Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from December 2017 to June 2020 were divided into 2 groups according to random number table method, with 40 patients in each group. The control group was treated with conventional western medicine therapy, and the observation group was treated with Baliao points electroacupuncture on the basis of the control group for 3 days. Postoperative pain was evaluated by VAS scale, pain duration, analgesic onset time, analgesic drug usage, wound healing time, nausea, vomiting and vertigo at 3 days after surgery were observed and recorded.Results:The VAS scores in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group at 12 hour and 1, 2,3 d postoperatively ( t=13.18, 13.71, 23.53 and 26.10, P<0.001). The duration of pain and the onset time of analgesia in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group ( t=4.79, 7.54, 5.66, 15.60, P<0.001). The dosage of analgesic drugs in the observation group was significantly less than that in the control group at 48 and 72 h after operation ( t value 2.37 and 4.50, P<0.05 or P<0.01, respectively). The postoperative wound healing time [(26.58 ± 1.47) d vs. (35.75 ± 1.46) d, t=27.99] in the observation group was significantly earlier than that in the control group ( P<0.01), postoperative analgesic time [(7.10 ± 0.55) d vs. (11.32 ± 1.62) d, t=15.60] in the observation group were significantly earlier than those in the control group ( P<0.01). Conclusion:Electroacupuncture Baliao points can quickly reduce the postoperative pain, reduce the use of analgesic drugs, and speed up the postoperative recovery of patients with mixed hemorrhoids.