• Rong Han, Wenxian Feng, Chunxia Guo, Zhiwei Ding, and Jinlian Hu.
• Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Jan 12; 103 (2): e36847e36847.

BackgroundThe objective of this study is to study the pain relief effects of angiopuncture therapy in patients with postoperative pain.MethodsForty-one patients were randomly selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Doppler imaging was performed to locate the cutaneous perforator. Angiopuncture was performed on the first postoperative day. A Numerical Rating Scale was used to evaluate the degree of pain before and after angiopuncture. Utilizing the paired t test or Wilcoxon signed rank test, all pre- and post-data were examined, and further subgroup analysis based on time was performed.ResultsVariance analysis revealed a significant difference before and after angiopuncture (P < .05). The results of the subgroup analysis showed the pain-relieving effect of angiopuncture for postoperative pain patients at the time points of 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours was apparent (P < .05).ConclusionThe angiopuncture therapy approach may assist in pain relief in patients with postoperative pain.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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