Auricular acupuncture for postoperative pain after gynecological surgery: a randomized controlled trail.

Abstract

Our study shows no reduction in postoperative pain or an opioid sparing effect of auricular acupuncture in women undergoing laparoscopic procedures. Because we emphasized blinding of the patients and the exclusion of therapist-patient interactions, our study suggests that electrical auricular acupuncture has no effect on postoperative pain.