TEAS treatment to prevent nausea after spinal surgery
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial studies whether TEAS (a noninvasive electrical stimulation you receive during surgery) can reduce nausea and vomiting after spinal surgery. You might benefit if you’re at risk of “PONV” (post-surgery nausea and vomiting) and can safely take part in an acupoint-based stimulation study.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be 18 years or older
- Have planned elective spinal surgery expected to last 4 hours or less (from anesthesia start to waking/extubation)
- Be able and willing to sign consent
- Have an anesthesia risk level of ASA I, II, or III (your anesthesia team can tell you this)
- Not have an epidural or spinal (neuraxial) block for this surgery
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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