Postoperative Sleep Quality and Pain of Patients After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Administer medication at each acupoint a total of three times: (1) the night before surgery, (2) the night of surgery, and (3) the first night after surgery. In the acupuncture group, the acupuncture and moxibustion successively acupunctured four points with a depth of 10-20mm. Select the specific depth based on the subject\'s body type (tall, short, fat, thin). After the puncture, the acupuncture and moxibustion lifted and twisted the needle handle, and then retained the needle for 20 minutes.

The sham acupuncture group received non skin breaking comfort needles at the corresponding points for acupuncture and moxibustion and retained the needles for 20 minutes. Non transdermal comfort needles can cause patients to experience a needle like sensation similar to piercing the skin, but in reality, they do not break the skin.