Review Article

Electroacupuncture for Gastrointestinal Function Recovery after Gynecological Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

First author (year)Age (years)Sample sizeType of surgeryType of anesthesiaDuration of anesthesia/surgery
EGCGEG/CGEGCG

Li et al. (2017) [21]35.2 ± 6.134.4 ± 9.120/20Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)89.3 ± 38.995.5 ± 32.8
Praveena et al. (2016) [22]47.5 ± 7.9448.72 ± 6.7232/32Total abdominal hysterectomyGeneral anesthesia (I/II)149.06 ± 42.64151.97 ± 50.71
Bai et al. (2012) [23]42∼6030/30Total abdominal hysterectomyGeneral anesthesia (I/II)
Chen et al. (2014) [24]18∼6527/27Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)95.2 ± 39.477.8 ± 23.8
Jin and Jing (2015) [25]35∼66 (48.3 ± 6.3)45/45Total abdominal hysterectomyEpidural anesthesia
Li et al. (2019) [26]37.26 ± 8.8336.96 ± 9.0530/30Total abdominal hysterectomyGeneral anesthesia (I/II)
Lu et al. (2010) [27]40∼6029/30Total abdominal hysterectomyGeneral anesthesia (I/II)
Toronui (2019) [28]40.54 ± 5.8240.62 ± 5.8429/29Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia84.31 ± 35.2184.58 ± 35.56
Wang et al. (2018) [29]35.76 ± 7.1534.88 ± 7.2827/28Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)68.69 ± 29.3467.62 ± 34.42
Wang et al. (2018) [30]34.9 ± 5.134.8 ± 6.227/28Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)80.2 ± 36.985.3 ± 31.8
Wang et al. (2011) [31]41.2 ± 6.139.3 ± 8.530/30Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)67.2 ± 16.070.0 ± 10.2
Wang and Xi (2017) [32]31.3 ± 4.531.5 ± 4.340/40Total abdominal hysterectomy138 ± 24132 ± 30
Xi and Wang (2015) [33]33 ± 333 ± 337/38Total abdominal hysterectomyEpidural anesthesia103.2 ± 30.6102.6 ± 31.8
Yang et al. (2012) [34]32 ± 930 ± 1030/30Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)78 ± 2380 ± 25
Huang et al. (2021) [35]31∼5630/30Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)
Ye and Huang (2019) [36]33 ± 935 ± 1040/40Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)97 ± 995 ± 10
Yu and Ning (2016) [37]31 ± 4.430 ± 5.427/26Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)78.1 ± 16.275.0 ± 13.7
Zhang et al. (2013) [38]34.74 ± 5.6436.81 ± 9.2627/27Laparoscopic surgeryGeneral anesthesia (I/II)