Effect of Implementing Snap-needle Therapy Combined With Ginger Paste During Anesthesia Recovery on the Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function After Gynecologic Laparoscopy

After disinfecting (alcohol or 0.9% Normal saline) the skin at the acupuncture point, use small tweezers to clip the handle of the needle, remove the adhesive tape and stab the acupuncture point at a perpendicular angle, and then press the thumb with moderate pressure on the snap-needle embedded needle site in order for the patient to feel localized soreness and distension as appropriate. The snap-needle was removed after 24 hours, and the pressing time point remained unchanged.

Ginger was thinly sliced and then cut into 2-3cm diameter ginger discs according to a circular mold and covered with a sterile circular dressing. The ginger compress was removed within 6 hours.