The purpose is to find out if intraoperative acupuncture performed by needling PC 6 and LI4 point bilaterally, and Yin Tang point will help reduce the incidence postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy when added to a prophylactic regimen consisting of ondansetron and dexamethasone. The hypothesis is that the addition of this acupuncture treatment to ondansetron and dexamethasone given for prophylaxis will help reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy when compared to patients receiving ondansetron and dexamethasone without acupuncture.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
300
Acupuncture at points points PC 6 bilaterally, LI 4 bilaterally, and Yin Tang
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGIncidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting
Incidence of nausea and vomiting after surgery
Time frame: Postoperative: 0-1 hours, 1-6 hours, 6-12 hours, 12-24 hours
Postoperative pain
Pain on scale 1-10 measured on arrival to PACU, discharge from PACU and at 24 hours post surgery
Time frame: 24 hours
Total opioids used
Total opioid given, converted to oral morphine equivalents
Time frame: 24 hours
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