针刺镇痛在肠镜检查中的应用

目的:评估针刺镇痛在减轻患者肠镜检查中不适的效果。方法:将80例门诊结肠镜检查患者随机分为电针组和对照组各40例。电针组在镜检前30min于右侧足三里、上巨虚,左侧阴陵泉、三阴交以电针刺激持续至镜检结束,同时针刺合谷;对照组不予任何防治措施。连续监测患者血压、心率的变化;分别观察两组患者结肠镜插镜时,过乙状结肠、脾区、肝区时的疼痛级别;记录插镜至回盲部时间、术后不良反应以及检查后患者满意度。结果:80例患者全部完成了肠镜检查,电针组患者在结肠镜插镜时、过乙状结肠以及脾区时其疼痛评分显著低于对照组(P<0.01);同时电针组患者插镜至回盲部的时间为(9.58±3.86)min,亦显著快于对照组的(12.96±6.4)min(P<0.05);电针组患者术后满意度亦显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。2组患者血压、心率并无显著差异。结论:针刺镇痛能够有效地缓解患者结肠镜检查的不适感,同时缩短肠镜检查时间,患者满意度高。

Application of acupuncture analgesia in colonoscopy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture analgesia in reducing patient's discomfort during colonoscopy. METHODS: Eighty outpatients scheduled to undergo colonoscopy were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture (EA) group and a control group, 40 cases in each group. The patients in the EA group received electroacupuncture analgesia at the right Zusanli (ST 36) and Shangjuxu (ST 37), and left Yinlingquan (SP 9) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6), and bilateral Hegu (LI 4) from 30 minutes before colonoscopy to the end of colonoscopy. And the control group did not receive any treatment. Blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) in the both groups were continuously monitored during colonoscopy; the pain degrees during colonoscope inserting and passing the sigmoid, splenic flexure and hepatic flexure were observed. The time to reach cecum, adverse reaction and patient's satisfactoriness were recorded. RESULTS: Colonoscopy was well tolerated in all the 80 patients. Pain degrees during colonoscope inserting and passing the sigmoid and splenic flexure in the EA group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P < 0.01); the time to reach cecum in the EA group (9.58 +/- 3.386) min was significantly shorter than that in the control group (12.96 +/- 6.4) min (P < 0.05); patient's satisfactoriness in the EA group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in HR and BP values between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture analgesia can effectively alleviate the discomfort of patients during colonoscopic examination, shorten the duration of colonoscopy, with a higher satisfactoriness of the patient.