Journal article
The Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Fentanyl Requirement During Hip Arthroplasty
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Although auricular acupuncture (AA) is suggested to be effective in treatment of pain, it has not yet been used for intraoperative analgesia. Therefore, we studied whether the AA reduces intraoperative analgesic requirement during total hip arthroplasty (THA).
METHODS: One hundred and twenty patients scheduled for THA were enrolled in this patient-anesthesiologist-blinded study. The patients were randomly assigned to receive …
Authors
Wetzel B; Pavlovic D; Kuse R; Gibb A; Merk H; Lehmann C; Wendt M; Usichenko TI
Journal
The Clinical Journal of Pain, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 262–267
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
3 2011
DOI
10.1097/ajp.0b013e3181fd516c
ISSN
0749-8047