Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Alleviating Postoperative Pain Following Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: A Participant- and Assessor-blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial
Zhang J, Chen Q, Shen Q, Yan C, Jiang T, Li J, Sayer S, Ai Z, Yu X, Zeng Q, et al.
The Clinical Journal of Pain · 2025
Key finding
A total of 67 participants completed the study.
- Condition
- Pain
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 67
Cite this study
Zhang, J., Chen, Q., Shen, Q., Yan, C., Jiang, T., Li, J., Sayer, S., Ai, Z., Yu, X., Zeng, Q., & Chen, G. (2025). Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Alleviating Postoperative Pain Following Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: A Participant- and Assessor-blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 41(10). https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001315
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