Acupuncture and Related Therapies for Treatment of Postoperative Ileus in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 7

Acupuncture therapy versus postoperative care for postoperative abdominal distension.

Treatment type, cancer, participants (number)	Acupuncture therapy	Effect Size MD/RR [95 CI] I^2	Study ID No.†
Open surgery, FTP^1, CRC (30)	Manual acup.	RR 0.67 [0.13, 3.44]^3	13
Open surgery, FTP, rectal cancer (84)	Manual acup.	MD -0.77 [-0.80, -0.74]	11
Open radical surgery^2, CRC (60)	Manual acup.	MD -0.27 [-0.51, -0.03]	14.1 (T1)
Open radical surgery^2, 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.