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Kidney transplantation is the main option besides hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) to prolong and improve the quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease. The main option for obtaining organs from living donors is surgical action to remove the kidney (nephrectomy) using the laparoscopic method (laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy or LLDN). Postoperative management of LDNH in the form of intravenous paracetamol 1000 mg cannot overcome innovative pain and has drug-related risk effects. Non-pharmacological pain management is the first line of pain management. One non-pharmacological therapy that can be an option is acupuncture. Thread embedding acupuncture (TEA) is an acupuncture method that uses certain medical threads such as catgut or polydioxanone (PDO) which are inserted into subcutaneous tissue or muscle at certain acupuncture points. The working mechanism of TEA in treating pain is through local mechanisms in the form of releasing adenosine which binds to adenosine A1 receptors, releasing substance P, inhibiting the expression and activation of Nuclear Factor Kappa B; through a segmental mechanism in the form of a control gate mechanism; through extrasegmental mechanisms in the form of downward pain inhibition pathways; through a central mechanism in the form of release of endogenous opioids in the hypothalamus. ATB can provide a continuous stimulating effect of infiltration and acceleration of tissue regeneration, increasing anti-pain.


Clinical Trial Description

The main outcome is to determine the effect of thread embedding acupuncture at the EX-B2 point on first lumbar on pain intensity in patients after laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LLDN) and to determine the effect of thread embedding acupuncture at the EX-B2 point on first lumbar on the quality of life in patients after laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LLDN). The thread embedding will use Polydioxanone thread size 30G x 25,4 mm. This thread will last maximum 7 months before fully absorbed. Pain intensity will be assessed using the VAS score 7 days before LLDN surgery (before the thread implant acupuncture procedure); and on the first, second, third, and fourteenth days after the LLDN procedure. Quality of life scores will be measured with the Indonesian version of SF-36 questionnaire carried out seven days before LLDN surgery, on the first postoperative day, and on the fourteenth day after LLDN surgery. The research design in this study was a case series with 6 subject only. ;


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NCT number NCT06197620
Study type Interventional
Source Indonesia University
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 20, 2023
Completion date January 3, 2024

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