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ACUPUNCTURE & ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 2-3, Pages 103-118Publisher
COGNIZANT COMMUNICATION CORP
DOI: 10.3727/036012918X15353852193131
Keywords
Acupuncture; Electro-acupuncture; Pelvic autonomic nerve function
Funding
- special funds of Shanghai General Hospital Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine [ZHYY-ZXYJHZX-3-02]
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To investigate acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for the recovery of pelvic autonomic nerve in patients with rectal cancer after anus-preserving operation, 120 patients with rectal cancer had anus-preserving operation at the Department of General Surgery in the Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai Affiliated to Fudan University. They were enrolled between 1st October-2015 and 30th June-2017, and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (60 each). Patients in experimental group were treated with acupuncture and electro-acupuncture. Patients in control group were treated with levator ani exercise. After early stage therapy of acupuncture and electro-acupuncture, the recovery time of patients bowel sound in experimental group and control group were 52.6 +/- 4.9 hours versus 66.3 +/- 6.4 hours (t=13.17, P<0.05), the recovery time was reduced by about 20% in experimental group. The first exhaust time were 60.5 +/- 5.7 hours versus 70.3 +/- 7.1 hours (t=8.337, P<0.05), the recovery time was reduced by about 10%. The catheter removal-time 5.5 +/- 1.3 days versus 7.1 +/- 1.4 days (t=6.487, P<0.05), the recovery time was reduced by about 20%. After late stage therapy of acupuncture and electro-acupuncture, fecal incontinence Wexner score, anorectal pressure, pelvic-floor electromyography, urodynamic index, male sexual function and quality of Life Questionnaire-Colorectal Cancer 29 (QLQ-CR29) in experimental group were improved about 2 months ahead of time in comparison with those in control group. So, the therapy of acupuncture and electro-acupuncture can promote the functional recovery of pelvic autonomic nerve after anus-preserving operation.
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