title: [Observation on analgesia effect of electroacupuncture during gynecologic outpatient operation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the feasibility of electroacupuncture analgesia applied to gynecologic outpatient operation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred patients were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture analgesia group and an intravenous anesthesia group, 100 cases in each group. Operation types included artificial abortion, diagnostic curettage and remove of intrauterine divice. The electroacupuncture analgesia group was treated with electroacupuncture at bilateral Hegu (LI 4) and Neiguan (PC 6), and the routine gynecologic outpatient operation was performed under patients' waking state. The intravenous anesthesia group was treated with routine gynecologic outpatient operation after intravenous injection of fentanyl and propofol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The excellent rate and the effective rate of analgesia were 88.0% (88/100) and 100.0% (100/100) in the electroacupuncture analgesia group, and 94.0% (94/100) and 100.0% (100/100) in the intravenous anesthesia group, with no statistically significant differences between the two groups (all P > 0.05). There was no adverse reaction in the electroacupuncture anesthesia group, but 11 cases of adverse reactions in the intravenous anesthesia group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Electroacupuncture analgesia can effectively alleviate the pain during gynecologic outpatient operation and it is simple and safe without adverse reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, People's Hospital of Anshun City, Anshun 561000, Guizhou Province, China. xh3220939@126.com
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ping-Lin
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Lu-Dong
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-En
authors.initials: ZE
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xue-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Zhi-Yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xue-Zhu
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhen-Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D000328:Adult; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D059408:Pain Management; D055815:Young Adult