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  • Integrative Medicine
  • Pain Management
  • Surgical Anesthesia

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  • Acupuncture, an ancient Eastern medicine analgesic technique, is increasingly integrated into Western medicine for pain management.
  • Its application extends to surgical patients, yet comprehensive reviews on perioperative techniques are lacking.
  • This review addresses the need for synthesized literature on acupuncture's utility in managing surgical pain.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize current literature on various acupuncture techniques for perioperative pain management.
  • To describe modalities used in managing surgical pain.
  • To aid readers in making informed decisions regarding acupuncture's role in surgical analgesia.

Main Methods:

  • Literature synthesis of recent studies on acupuncture in perioperative pain management.
  • Focus on various acupuncture modalities and their reported efficacy.
  • Analysis of benefits such as analgesia, reduced opioid use, and side effect management.

Main Results:

  • Acupuncture benefits patients undergoing abdominal, spine/neuro, and gynecologic pelvic surgeries.
  • Electroacupuncture, transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation, and traditional acupuncture show promise.
  • Benefits include enhanced analgesia, reduced opioid requirements, decreased postoperative nausea/vomiting (PONV), and improved bowel function return.

Conclusions:

  • Acupuncture is a low-risk adjunct to multimodal perioperative analgesia.
  • It can improve pain relief, decrease opioid reliance, and mitigate side effects.
  • Further large-scale prospective studies are needed to optimize technique selection for specific patient populations.