Review Article

Efficacy and Safety of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS) for Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

Search strategy in PubMed up till November 30, 2020 (similar search run in other databases).

#1“transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation” OR “transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation” OR “electr∗ stimulat∗” OR “electr∗ acustimul∗” OR “electroacupuncture∗” OR “electro-acupuncture” OR “TEAS”
#2“Laparoscopy[Mesh]” OR “laparoscop∗” OR “coelioscop∗” OR “celioscop∗” OR “peritoneoscop∗”
#3“Pain, Postoperative[Mesh]” OR “postoperative pain” OR “postoperative analgesi∗” OR “pain management” OR “ache∗” OR “suffering∗” OR “discomfort”
#4#1 AND #2 AND #3