Acupuncture Prevent And Cure Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction Afteroperation

Objective: Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction(AIO) is the most causation by operation. It is one of the causation of Intestinal Obstruction. It account about 40%～60% of Intestinal Obstruction. Pathology basis is adhesion of intestine, it contain the adhesions of loops of bowel, ansa interstinalis and other organ or tissues. Near one century, the cause of the Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction has changed more with the development of operation and medicine. Because of the application of repair of hernia, Industrialized Countries' s Intestinal Obstruction which is caused by Hernia has descend to No. 3. Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction account the most of Intestinal Obstruction. Expectant treatment may be selected at the time when the obstruction is relieved. It raises the safeness and achievement ratio. Now, medical doctor can not resolve the Intestinal Obstruction effectually. Clinical proof that acupuncture can relieve Intestinal Obstruction effectually and avoidance the side-effect of the drugs. And it can decrease the operability even. Acupuncture had become popular in most patients. So the topic observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture through clinical cure, try to find out the mechanism of the acupuncture.Methods: patients form the first department of surgery, they are failed into the acupuncture group and the basic treatment group with the random and matched control method. The basic treatment group accept the conventional therapy, include fluid replacement, sustaining Water-Electrolyte and acid base equilibrium, using broad-spectrum antibiotic, drainage with Glycerol Enema two times per day until the recovery of Gastrointestinal functions. acupuncture group base on the basic treatment group, accept acupuncture treatment. Point locating bilateral tianshu(if the surgery scars through it, locating the up and down point of the scars), bilateral Foot Three Li, bilateral Shangjuxu, locating the bilateral Neiguan if patients feel nausea, locating the bilateral Zhigou if patients can not stool. Stick the points about 10 to 30 mm, and gear the electro acupuncture apparatus(produced by Shanghai, Model 6805-2). Judge the therapeutic effect through observing the improvement of the clinical symptom, recovery time of the bowel sound, time of the evacuating and stools.Results:Clinical study showed that acupuncture group is much effective than the basic treatment group by improvement of the clinical symptom, recovery time of the bowel sound, time of the evacuating and stools. It is significant difference(P<0.05).Conclusions:Acupuncture can encourage the recovery of the gastroimtese-tinal function. So it can prevention and cure the Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction effectually.