Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Pain in Patients after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

<table class="table-group" id="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Acupuncture group (<i>n</i> = 21)</td><td class="align_center">Control group (<i>n</i> = 21)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Adverse event</td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Overall</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Severe adverse events</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Bleeding</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Subcutaneous hematoma</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Infection and allergy</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div><sup>a</sup>adverse events were counted by type rather than frequency in the same subject.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Adverse events related to intervention.</div>

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Table 6: Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Pain in Patients after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial 