title: [Effects of magnetic auricular point-sticking on adjuvant anesthesia and postoperative recovery of body function].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To prove analgesia and sedative effect of adjuvant anesthesia with magnetic auricular point-sticking on abdominal gynecological operation and its effect on postoperative recovery of body function.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-two patients with abdominal gynecological operation were randomly divided into 3 groups. The auricular point-sticking group (APS group, n=31) was pasted and pressed by plasters with magnetic beads at bilateral Shenmen, Pizhixia (subcortex), Zigong (uterus) and Penqiang (pelvic cavity), etc. the night before operation. The placebo group (n=31) was pasted by plasters without magnetic beads. The blank group (n=30) was given no intervention. The mental and gastrointestinal functional changes before and 3 days after the operation were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As compared with those in the control group and the blank group, the postoperative score of Self rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) was less (25.5 +/- 0.81 vs. 28.9 +/- 3.19, 28.3 +/- 2.36, both P < 0.01), with lower-dose of Innovar [(2.5 + 1.1) mL vs. (3.4 + 1.8) mL, (3.2 + 1.6) mL, both P < 0.05], earlier exsufflation after the operation [(34.2 + 12.1) h vs. (46.3 + 10.9) h, (43.2 + 14.8) h, both P < 0.01] and higher level serum of beta-endorphin before and after the operation in the APS group (all P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The magnetic auricular point-sticking has sedative, analgesic and function-regulating effects on the abdominal gynecological operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou 510120, China. lmount8@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Wan-shan
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Song-sheng
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Wan-yao
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-xian
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Si-qi
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Wanlai
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D020831:Acupuncture, Ear; D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D020127:Recovery of Function; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia