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Keep this study
Lead
Korean Medicine Hospital of Pusan National University
Age
18–75
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery of colorectal cancer resection (right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy, anterior resection with primary anastomosis, and low anterior resection with loop ileostomy for fecal diversion)
Patients aged 18 to 75
American Society of Anesthesiologists Grade 1 to 2
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Grade 0 to 2
Written informed consents
You may not be if
Pregnancy
Inflammatory bowel disease
Comorbidities that may affect outcomes of surgery (e.g., chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, cardiopulmonary failure, and diabetes with complications)
Resection of other organs for radical removal of colorectal cancer
Patients requiring enterolysis due to previous history of abdominal surgery
Obstructive colorectal cancer
Metastatic colorectal cancer
Cognitive impairment that may affect the patient's ability to complete the outcome assessments
Previous history of stroke
Previous history of sensitive reaction to acupuncture
Patients unable to cooperate with acupuncture treatments
Pacemaker implantation
Previous history of epilepsy
Patients who have received Korean medicine treatments (acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, or herbal medicine) within 2 weeks
Patients who have participated in other trials within 3 months
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