[Progress on acupuncture intervention for perioperative stress response]

Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2021 Oct 12;41(10):1175-9. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20201007-0005.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

To summarize the application value of acupuncture in perioperative stress response. Perioperative acupuncture can not only effectively relieve pain and stress response during operation, but also relieve psychological stress response represented by preoperative anxiety before operation, and regulate adaptive immune response after operation. Acupuncture, as a safe non-drug therapy, shows its core advantage of participating in the multidisciplinary intervention of enhance recovery after surgery (ERAS). The future studies need to explore and evaluate the role of acupuncture during perioperative period from multiple dimensions, and gradually reveal the mechanism of acupuncture while establishing the evidence-based basis for acupuncture during perioperative period.

总结针刺参与围手术期应激反应的应用价值。围手术期针刺不仅可在术中阶段有效镇痛并减轻术中应激反应,在术前也可缓解以术前焦虑为代表的心理应激反应,在术后则对手术造成的适应性免疫应答具有调节作用。针刺作为一种安全的非药物疗法展现出参与加速康复外科(ERAS)多学科干预的核心优势。未来的研究需多维度地探索与评价围手术期针刺的作用,在建立围手术期针刺循证依据的同时,逐步揭示围手术期针刺的作用机制。.

Keywords: acupuncture; enhance recovery after surgery (ERAS); immune function; perioperative stress response; preoperative anxiety.

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Therapy*
  • Acupuncture*
  • Anxiety
  • Humans
  • Pain
  • Perioperative Period