ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018
Acupuncture and Related Therapies for Treatment of Postoperative Ileus in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture for postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Quantitative analysis and visualization of literature on acupuncture and related TCM therapies for the treatment of colorectal cancer based on CiteSpace.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Prolonged Postoperative Ileus in Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- Acupuncture for postoperative ileus: Advancement and underlying mechanisms.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions in patients with colorectal cancer: an overview of systematic reviews.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Review
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Acupuncture Treatment of Postoperative Complications from 2003 to 2023.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Research Hotspots and Trends in Acupuncture for Cancer:A bibliometric analysis from 2004 to 2024.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- The Autonomic Nervous System in Acupuncture for Gastrointestinal Dysmotility: From Anatomical Insights to Clinical Medicine.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Review
- Study protocol: a randomized controlled clinical trial on the use of electroacupuncture for postoperative abdominal distension following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Long-term electroacupuncture for low anterior resection syndrome in postoperative rectal cancer patients: case reports.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Postoperative Ileus after Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery: A Summary of Current Strategies for Prevention and Management.Digestive surgery · 2024Review
- Effectiveness of acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure in the treatment of postoperative ileus: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Effect of acupuncture therapy for postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in gastric and colorectal cancers: an umbrella review.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Nurse-delivered acupressure on early postoperative gastrointestinal function among patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Article
- Research Status and Prospects of Acupuncture in Perioperative Medicine Over the Past Decade: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- The lower He-sea points playing a significant role in postoperative ileus in colorectal cancer treated with acupuncture: based on machine-learning.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Does invasive acupuncture improve postoperative ileus after colorectal cancer surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Delays in recovery of intestinal function following abdominal surgery are associated with longer hospital stays, increased postoperative complications, and higher costs to the health care system. Studies of acupuncture for postoperative ileus and other postoperative issues have reported improvements. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess whether acupuncture assisted recovery following surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified from major English and Chinese language biomedical databases. Participants (aged 18 years plus) had received surgical resection for CRC. 22 studies (1,628 participants) were included. Five were sham-controlled. Outcomes included gastrointestinal function recovery (21 studies), recovery of urinary function (1 study), postoperative abdominal distension (3 studies), and quality of life (1 study). Meta-analyses found significant reductions in time to first bowel sounds, first flatus, and first defecation in both the sham-controlled and nonblinded studies. These results suggested that the addition of acupuncture following CRC surgery improved recovery of gastrointestinal function based on four blinded good quality RCTs (281 participants) and 17 nonblinded lower quality RCTs (1,265 participants). The best available evidence was for interventions that included electroacupuncture at the point ST36
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