Perioperative Electroacupuncture Can Accelerate the Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function in Cancer Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy or Gastrectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Variables
EA group (n = 201)
Control group (n = 184)
value
Sex (M : F)
121 : 80
115 : 69
0.643
Age, yrs.
57.0 ± 10.8
56.7 ± 10.3
0.334
BMI, kg/m2
24.1 ± 4.0
24.1 ± 3.1
0.946
Diabetes (%)
32 (15.9)
30 (16.3)
0.918
Smoking (%)
61 (30.3)
70 (38)
0.111
Drinking (%)
57 (28.4)
64 (34.8)
0.175
ASA score (%)
0.783
I
68 (33.8)
57 (31)
II
112 (55.7)
109 (59.2)
III
21 (10.4)
18 (9.8)
Preoperative gastrointestinal function score
103.9 ± 12.2
102.3 ± 12.5
0.199
Diagnosis
0.477
Gastric cancer
137
128
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
57
44
Carcinoma of bile duct
0
1
Periampullary adenocarcinoma
1
3
Duodenum carcinoma
3
5
Gastric stromal tumor
1
3
Cystic and solid tumor of the pancreas
2
0
Laparoscope (%)
52 (25.9)
38 (20.7)
0.227
Kind of surgery
0.768
Local gastrectomy
3
5
Proximal gastrectomy
16
18
Total gastrectomy
36
26
Distal gastrectomy(Billroth-I)
13
13
Distal gastrectomy(Billroth-II)
69
69
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
25
17
IORT surgery
26
20
Distal pancreatectomy
13
16
Operation time (min)
207.5 ± 64.5
195.5 ± 57.5
0.055
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)
147.5 ± 303.0
142.5 ± 261.0
0.863
Intraoperative blood transfusion (ml)
106.5 ± 352.9
77.7 ± 261.1
0.368
BMI: body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; IORT: intraoperative radiation therapy.
