HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—The use of perioperative acupuncture may help improve postoperative outcomes by decreasing acute pain, nausea and opioid use, according to a presentation from the 2023 spring meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
“The integration of nonpharmacologic methods to help with acute pain is understated and underutilized,” said Stephanie Cheng, MD, an anesthesiologist and a medical acupuncturist at the Hospital for Special Surgery